CVE-2017-17766 Integer overflow in Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android

What is CVE-2017-17766?

CVE-2017-17766 is a critical vulnerability in Google Android, published on 30 Mar 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In wma_peer_info_event_handler() in Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, and QRD Android before 2017-10-03, the value of num_peers received from firmware is not properly validated so that an integer overflow vulnerability in the size of a buffer allocation may potentially lead to a buffer overflow.

Weakness: CWE-190

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-17766?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2017-17766?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-17766 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2017-17766 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-17766 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-mhhw-3c46-f6f7.