What is CVE-2017-8233?

CVE-2017-8233 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-06-13.

How severe is CVE-2017-8233?

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

Buffer overflow in Google Android

CVE-2017-8233

In a camera driver function in all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a bounds check is missing when writing into an array potentially leading to an out-of-bounds heap write.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-06-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

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

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (30.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 31st percentile — 30.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android
Qualcomm, Inc. All Qualcomm Products — 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/2017-06-01 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1038623 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8233?: CVE-2017-8233 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-06-13.
How severe is CVE-2017-8233?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.