CVE-2017-14879 Memory corruption in Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android

What is CVE-2017-14879?

CVE-2017-14879 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Android, published on 10 Jan 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, by calling an IPA ioctl and searching for routing/filer/hdr rule handle from ipa_idr pointer using ipa_idr_find() function, the wrong structure pointer can be returned resulting in a slab out of bound access in the IPA driver.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-14879?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2017-14879?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-14879 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2017-14879 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-14879 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-vjrm-cmpj-5xfq.