CVE-2017-9691 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

There is a race condition in Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, and QRD Android that allows to access to already free'd memory in the debug message output functionality contained within the mobicore driver.

Published: 2018-03-30

Score: 4.7 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Qualcomm, Inc.

Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`All Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:google:android:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-18622	There is a race condition in Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, and QRD Android that allows to access to already free'd memory in the debug message output functionality contained within the mobicore driver.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00131.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100213
https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2017/11/28/november-2017-security-bulletin

History

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Subscriptions

Google Android

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: qualcomm

Published: 2018-03-30T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T00:06:53.873Z

Reserved: 2017-06-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-9691

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-03-30T21:29:01.370

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:28:43.583

Link: CVE-2017-9691

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-362
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

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