What is CVE-2017-14891?

CVE-2017-14891 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-03-30.

How severe is CVE-2017-14891?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Google Android

CVE-2017-14891

In the KGSL driver function _gpuobj_map_useraddr() in Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, and QRD Android before 2017-10-12, the contents of the stack can get leaked due to an uninitialized variable.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2018-03-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (35.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 35th percentile — 35.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Google Android
Qualcomm, Inc. Android For Msm, Firefox OS Qrd — versions All Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.18/commit/ (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-02-01 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-14891?: CVE-2017-14891 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-03-30.
How severe is CVE-2017-14891?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.