CVE-2017-15844 Information disclosure in Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android

What is CVE-2017-15844?

CVE-2017-15844 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 18 Sep 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In all android releases (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, while processing the function for writing device values into flash, uninitialized memory can be written to flash.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-15844?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2017-15844?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-15844 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2017-15844 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-15844 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-gm49-c3vq-g6mr.