Resource exhaustion in Google Android - CVE-2017-8264
Published: August 11, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU38468
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-8264
CWE-ID: CWE-400
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.
A userspace process can cause a Denial of Service in the camera driver in all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-8264
Install update from vendor's website.