CVE-2017-15855
HIGHQualcomm Android MSM Firefox OS and QRD Android - Kernel Buffer Overflow via Camera CPP Module
Title source: llmDescription
In Qualcomm Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, and QRD Android with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel before security patch level 2018-04-05, the 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 (2)
Core 2
Core References
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/03/29/march-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-04-01
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0019
EPSS Percentile
8.8%
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
CWE-129
Status
published
Products (1)
google/android
Published
May 17, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026