VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2017-14909

critical
Published 2017-12-05 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
10.0
VIR risk
9.8

Description

In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a count value that is read from a file is not properly validated.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@qualcomm.com — https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-12-01

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.