CVE-2017-8268 Memory corruption in All Qualcomm products
A heap buffer over-read in the Qualcomm camera driver allows attackers to read sensitive memory or cause a denial of service via invalid buffer values.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-8268?
CVE-2017-8268 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Android, published on 18 Aug 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, the camera application can possibly request frame/command buffer processing with invalid values leading to the driver performing a heap buffer over-read.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-8268?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2017-8268?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-8268 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2017-8268 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-8268 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4mw8-6pqh-wp42.