What is CVE-2017-15834?

CVE-2017-15834 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2018-03-16.

How severe is CVE-2017-15834?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Google Android

CVE-2017-15834

In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, race condition in diag_dbgfs_read_dcistats(), while accessing diag_dbgfs_dci_data_index, causes potential heap overflow.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2018-03-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (1.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-06.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 2nd percentile — 1.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.001 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-03-01 (Vendor Advisory)
source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.18/commit/ (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-15834?: CVE-2017-15834 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2018-03-16.
How severe is CVE-2017-15834?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.