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CVE-2017-8239
In all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, userspace-controlled parameters for flash initialization are not sanitized…
Medium5.5EPSS 0.41%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- qualcomm
Description
In all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, userspace-controlled parameters for flash initialization are not sanitized potentially leading to exposure of kernel memory.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.41% · top 65% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
- Information Exposure Vulnerability in Camera
- CWE-200 (opens in a new tab)
Affected products
Qualcomm, Inc. · All Qualcomm products
- affected All Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel
References (3)
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-06-01 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2017-11-01 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1038623 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .