CVE-2017-11029

HIGH

Android for MSM - Kernel Buffer Overflow in Camera CPP Module

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, camera application triggers "user-memory-access" issue as the Camera CPP module Linux driver directly accesses the application provided buffer, which resides in user space. An unchecked userspace value (ioctl_ptr->len) is used to copy contents to a kernel buffer which can lead to kernel buffer overflow.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2017-11-01

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0002
EPSS Percentile 4.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (2)
google/android
Qualcomm, Inc./Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android All Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel
Published Nov 16, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026