CVE-2015-8997
In TrustZone a time-of-check time-of-use race condition could potentially exist in a listener...
In TrustZone a time-of-check time-of-use race condition could potentially exist in a listener routine in all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
In TrustZone a time-of-check time-of-use race condition could potentially exist in a listener routine in all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel.
- Record
CVE-2015-8997- CVSS 3.0
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.6 High
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-362
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
In TrustZone a time-of-check time-of-use race condition could potentially exist in a listener routine in all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel.
- Record
CVE-2015-8997- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-8851 No score
In TrustZone a time-of-check time-of-use race condition could potentially exist in a listener routine in all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel.
- Record
EUVD-2015-8851- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wghp-385x-xg7x
In TrustZone a time-of-check time-of-use race condition could potentially exist in a listener...
In TrustZone a time-of-check time-of-use race condition could potentially exist in a listener routine in all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel.
- Record
GHSA-wghp-385x-xg7x- CVSS 3.0
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-362
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2015-8997 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.0) in Google Android, published May 16, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.45%, the 39th percentile. No source names a fixed version.