Use-after-free in Google Android - CVE-2017-15842
Published: June 12, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU37037
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15842
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
Google Android
Google Android
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.
Buffer might get used after it gets freed due to unlocking the mutex before freeing the buffer in all Android releases from CAF (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) using the Linux Kernel.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-15842
Install update from vendor's website.