What is CVE-2017-15844?

CVE-2017-15844 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-09-18.

How severe is CVE-2017-15844?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Google Android

CVE-2017-15844

In all android releases (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, while processing the function for writing device values into flash, uninitialized memory can be written to flash.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2018-09-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (5.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 5th percentile — 5.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · 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-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/lk/commit/ (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/09/04/september-2018-code-aurora-secu… (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-15844?: CVE-2017-15844 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-09-18.
How severe is CVE-2017-15844?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.