What is CVE-2017-17764?

CVE-2017-17764 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-02-23.

How severe is CVE-2017-17764?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Integer overflow in Google Android

CVE-2017-17764

In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, the num_failure_info value from firmware is not properly validated in wma_rx_aggr_failure_event_handler() so that an integer overflow vulnerability in a buffer size calculation may potentially lead to a buffer overflow.

Vulnerability class: Integer Overflow

Published 2018-02-23 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (5.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 6th percentile — 5.7% 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-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-02-01 (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/102974 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-17764?: CVE-2017-17764 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-02-23.
How severe is CVE-2017-17764?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.