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CVE-2017-8253

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-08-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-770

Description

In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, kernel memory can potentially be overwritten if an invalid master is sent from userspace.

Affected products

• Android: all versions

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99465
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-07-01
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99465
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-07-01

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