Use-after-free in Google Android - CVE-2017-14881
Published: March 30, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU37329
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14881
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
Google Android
Google Android
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
While calling the IPA IOCTL handler for IPA_IOC_ADD_HDR_PROC_CTX in Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, and QRD Android before 2017-10-13, a use-after-free condition may potentially occur.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-14881
Install update from vendor's website.