Information disclosure in Google Android - CVE-2017-14891
Published: March 30, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU37331
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14891
CWE-ID: CWE-200
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 gain access to sensitive information.
In the KGSL driver function _gpuobj_map_useraddr() in Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, and QRD Android before 2017-10-12, the contents of the stack can get leaked due to an uninitialized variable.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-14891
Install update from vendor's website.