CVE-2017-14903 Memory corruption in Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

A buffer over-read in the Android MSM kernel allows attackers to cause denial of service or disclose sensitive information via a crafted IOCTL call.

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-2017-14903?

CVE-2017-14903 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Android, published on 5 Dec 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, 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, while processing the SENDACTIONFRAME IOCTL, a buffer over-read can occur if the payload length is less than 7.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-14903?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2017-14903?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-14903 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-2017-14903 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-14903 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4q9c-rhf4-v5c8.

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