# CVE-2017-17765: Integer overflow in Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android

> Integer overflow in Qualcomm Android kernel allows buffer overflow, potentially enabling code execution or privilege escalation.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 Feb 2018
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hm35-6c94-x3qf

## What is CVE-2017-17765?

CVE-2017-17765 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 23 Feb 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, multiple values received from firmware are not properly validated in wma_get_ll_stats_ext_buf() and are used to allocate the sizes of buffers and may be vulnerable to integer overflow leading to buffer overflow.

Weakness: CWE-190 (Integer Overflow or Wraparound)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-17765?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Google Android.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-17765?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-17765 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-17765 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-17765 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Google Android

- [CVE-2026-58704](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-58704/): Google Pixel Improper Authorization (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-48543](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-48543/): Android Runtime Use-After-Free (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2023-35674](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-35674/): Android Framework Privilege Escalation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-48595](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-48595/): Android Framework Integer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-32896](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-32896/): Android Pixel Privilege Escalation (high 8.1, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-17765 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-17765 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 23 Feb 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-17765 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Google Android. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-17765/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-17765/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17765
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17765
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-17765

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