CVE-2017-14877 Use after free in Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android
A race condition in the Qualcomm IPA driver allows attackers to trigger a use-after-free, potentially leading to code execution or privilege escalation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-14877?
CVE-2017-14877 is a critical use after free vulnerability in Google Android, published on 30 Mar 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
While the IPA driver in Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, and QRD Android before 2017-08-31 is processing IOCTL commands there is no mutex lock of allocated memory. If one thread sends an ioctl cmd IPA_IOC_QUERY_RT_TBL_INDEX while another sends an ioctl cmd IPA_IOC_DEL_RT_RULE, a use-after-free condition may occur.
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-14877?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2017-14877?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-14877 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2017-14877 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-14877 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hg7c-g9v2-4hp6.