CVE-2017-14896 Memory corruption in Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android

What is CVE-2017-14896?

CVE-2017-14896 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Android, published on 5 Dec 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local 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, there is a memory allocation without a length field validation in the mobicore driver which can result in an undersize buffer allocation. Ultimately this can result in a kernel memory overwrite.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-14896?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2017-14896?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-14896 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-2017-14896 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-14896 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-pr67-q8c4-443v.