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CVE-2017-8279

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-11-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-362

Description

In android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, missing race condition protection while updating msg mask table can lead to buffer over-read. Also access to freed memory can happen while updating msg_mask information.

Affected products

• Android: all versions

References

• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2017-11-01
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2017-11-01

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