CVE-2017-11079

CRITICAL

Android - Exposure of Sensitive Information via Uninitialized Heap Memory in Sparse Image Processing

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, while processing sparse image, uninitialized heap memory can potentially be flashed due to the lack of validation of sparse image block header size.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-01-01

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0044
EPSS Percentile 35.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-200
Status published
Products (1)
google/android
Published Jan 10, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026