CVE-2017-14908 Denial of service in Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android

What is CVE-2017-14908?

CVE-2017-14908 is a critical denial of service 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, the SafeSwitch test application does not properly validate the number of blocks to verify.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-14908?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2017-14908?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-14908 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2017-14908 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-14908 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-mfqm-482f-98vq.