CVE-2017-14880 Race condition in Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android
A race condition in the Qualcomm IPA WAN-driver allows concurrent access to a global variable, potentially leading to undefined behavior or system instability.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-14880?
CVE-2017-14880 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 3 Apr 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In Qualcomm Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, and QRD Android with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel before security patch level 2018-04-05, while IPA WAN-driver is processing multiple requests from modem/user-space module, the global variable "num_q6_rule" does not have a mutex lock and thus can be accessed and modified by multiple threads.
Weakness: CWE-362
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-14880?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2017-14880?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-14880 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2017-14880 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-14880 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gwqp-f2jp-qhm7.