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FKIE_CVE-2017-18159

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-07-06 17:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:12
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In Android releases from CAF using the linux kernel (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) before security patch level 2018-06-05, while processing a StrHwPlatform with length smaller than EFICHIPINFO_MAX_ID_LENGTH, an array out of bounds access may occur.
References
product-security@qualcomm.comhttps://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-06-01#qualcomm-componentsPatch, Vendor Advisory
product-security@qualcomm.comhttps://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/abl/tianocore/edk2/commit/?id=04f23441b8c0c897644f9bf391b691039fa0ab70Patch
product-security@qualcomm.comhttps://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/abl/tianocore/edk2/commit/?id=3129148e5a4cfe83003449a1048660823bfddc51Patch
product-security@qualcomm.comhttps://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/abl/tianocore/edk2/commit/?id=4a63a848c062851776123d4bc7ec10eb498a70ddPatch
product-security@qualcomm.comhttps://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/abl/tianocore/edk2/commit/?id=5471b0cdf4bace12d872d074b97eae29f1317e6aPatch
product-security@qualcomm.comhttps://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/abl/tianocore/edk2/commit/?id=633fa4ffb38bbfb0fad79204e19b9f59d42d7680Patch
product-security@qualcomm.comhttps://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/abl/tianocore/edk2/commit/?id=7dcbee530800b16534d0f3e8db375492c03b3e0aPatch
product-security@qualcomm.comhttps://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/abl/tianocore/edk2/commit/?id=9057a8b3339abc4eb2c4e462279f34bbe6410e7cPatch
product-security@qualcomm.comhttps://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/abl/tianocore/edk2/commit/?id=b6b318431983f35a7734cae227478df3dc93a818Patch
product-security@qualcomm.comhttps://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/abl/tianocore/edk2/commit/?id=bcceb2ceeea07aedaa5f97207cc88f9d8b4416eaPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-06-01#qualcomm-componentsPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/abl/tianocore/edk2/commit/?id=04f23441b8c0c897644f9bf391b691039fa0ab70Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/abl/tianocore/edk2/commit/?id=3129148e5a4cfe83003449a1048660823bfddc51Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/abl/tianocore/edk2/commit/?id=4a63a848c062851776123d4bc7ec10eb498a70ddPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/abl/tianocore/edk2/commit/?id=5471b0cdf4bace12d872d074b97eae29f1317e6aPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/abl/tianocore/edk2/commit/?id=633fa4ffb38bbfb0fad79204e19b9f59d42d7680Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/abl/tianocore/edk2/commit/?id=7dcbee530800b16534d0f3e8db375492c03b3e0aPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/abl/tianocore/edk2/commit/?id=9057a8b3339abc4eb2c4e462279f34bbe6410e7cPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/abl/tianocore/edk2/commit/?id=b6b318431983f35a7734cae227478df3dc93a818Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/abl/tianocore/edk2/commit/?id=bcceb2ceeea07aedaa5f97207cc88f9d8b4416eaPatch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
google android -
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          "product": "Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android",
          "vendor": "Qualcomm, Inc.",
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      "value": "En las distribuciones de Android de CAF (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM y QRD Android) que utilizan el kernel de Linux antes del nivel de parche de seguridad del 05/06/2018, al procesar un StrHwPlatform con una longitud inferior a EFICHIPINFO_MAX_ID_LENGTH, podr\u00eda ocurrir un acceso al array fuera de l\u00edmites."
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T01:12:17.780",
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