CVE-2017-8260
high
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.8
Description
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, due to a type downcast, a value may improperly pass validation and cause an out of bounds write later.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99465
- https://github.com/ScottyBauer/Android_Kernel_CVE_POCs/blob/master/CVE-2017-8260.c
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-07-01
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99465
- https://github.com/ScottyBauer/Android_Kernel_CVE_POCs/blob/master/CVE-2017-8260.c
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-07-01
CWEs
CWE-20 CWE-787
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.