Vulnerability in Google Android
CVE-2017-9691
There is a race condition in Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, and QRD Android that allows to access to already free'd memory in the debug message output functionality contained within the mobicore driver.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.001 (1.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 2nd percentile — 1.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.001 · 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)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/100213 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2017/11/28/november-2017-security-bulletin (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-9691?
- CVE-2017-9691 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2018-03-30.
- How severe is CVE-2017-9691?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2017-9691 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.