What is CVE-2017-8278?

CVE-2017-8278 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-09-21.

How severe is CVE-2017-8278?

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

Buffer overflow in Google Android

CVE-2017-8278

In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, while reading audio data from an unspecified driver, a buffer overflow or integer overflow could occur.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-09-21 · 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: 0.005 (38.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 38th percentile — 38.2% 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-09-01 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/100658 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8278?: CVE-2017-8278 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-09-21.
How severe is CVE-2017-8278?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.