CVE-2017-15814 Information disclosure in n/a
A local attacker with system privileges can trigger an out-of-bounds read in the MSM camera flash driver, leading to information disclosure.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-15814?
CVE-2017-15814 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 16 Mar 2018. 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, in msm_flash_subdev_do_ioctl of drivers/media/platform/msm/camera_v2/sensor/flash/msm_flash.c, there is a possible out of bounds read if flash_data.cfg_type is CFG_FLASH_INIT due to improper input validation. This could lead to local information disclosure with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-15814?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2017-15814?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-15814 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2017-15814 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-15814 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h948-p88r-wqh9.