# 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.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Apr 2018
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gwqp-f2jp-qhm7

## 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 (Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-14880?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-14880 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-14880 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Google Android. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-14880/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-14880/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14880
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14880
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-14880

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-14880/
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