In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, due to a type downcast, a value may improperly pass validat…

Published 9 y ago 2017-08-18 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

7.8

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

0.6%

percentile 47%

Public exploits

none known

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.57% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.0	7.8	`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	2.0	6.8	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`

Affected products

Qualcomm, Inc. All Qualcomm products

Classification

Weakness

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

References

source.android.com /security/bulletin/2017-07-01 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /bid/99465 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
github.com /ScottyBauer/Android_Kernel_CVE_POCs/blob/master/CVE-2017-8260.c · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2017-8260
NVD: CVE-2017-8260

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