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CVE-2017-8260
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, due to a type downcast, a value may improperly pass…
High7.8EPSS 0.57%
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- qualcomm
Description
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, due to a type downcast, a value may improperly pass validation and cause an out of bounds write later.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.57% · top 53% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
- Improper Input Validation in Camera
- CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)Other CVEs with CWE-20
- CWE-787 (opens in a new tab)Other CVEs with CWE-787
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/2017-07-01 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 99465 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://github.com/ScottyBauer/Android_Kernel_CVE_POCs/blob/master/CVE-2017-8260.c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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)
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