What is CVE-2017-18277?

CVE-2017-18277 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9206, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-10-23.

How severe is CVE-2017-18277?

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

Is CVE-2017-18277 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9206

CVE-2017-18277

When dynamic memory allocation fails, currently the process sleeps for one second and continues with infinite loop without retrying for memory allocation in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear in version MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9640, MDM9650, MSM8909W, QCN5502, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 425, SD 430, SD 450, SD 600, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 810, SD 820, SD 820A, SD 835.

EPSS: 0.002 (8.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-835 — Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

product-security@qualcomm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
product-security@qualcomm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-18277?: CVE-2017-18277 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9206, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-10-23.
How severe is CVE-2017-18277?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-18277 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.