What is CVE-2017-15859?

CVE-2017-15859 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-03-30.

How severe is CVE-2017-15859?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Google Android

CVE-2017-15859

While processing the QCA_NL80211_VENDOR_SUBCMD_SET_TXPOWER_SCALE_DECR_DB vendor command, in which attribute QCA_WLAN_VENDOR_ATTR_TXPOWER_SCALE_DECR_DB contains fewer than 1 byte, in Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, and QRD Android before 2017-08-11 a buffer overrun occurs.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (42.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 42nd percentile — 42.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · 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-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-02-01 (Vendor Advisory)
source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-2.0/c… (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-15859?: CVE-2017-15859 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-03-30.
How severe is CVE-2017-15859?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.