Buffer overflow in Google Android - CVE-2017-9710
Published: December 5, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU37834
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-2017-9710
CWE-ID: CWE-119
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.
In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, IOCTL interface to send QMI NOTIFY REQ messages can be called from multiple contexts which can result in buffer overflow of msg cache.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-9710
Install update from vendor's website.