CVE-2017-11079
In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the...
In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, while processing sparse image, uninitialized heap memory can potentially be flashed due to the lack of validation of sparse image block header size.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, while processing sparse image, uninitialized heap memory can potentially be flashed due to the lack of validation of sparse image block header size.
- Record
CVE-2017-11079- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, while processing sparse image, uninitialized heap memory can potentially be flashed due to the lack of validation of sparse image block header size.
- Record
CVE-2017-11079- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-2716 No score
In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, while processing sparse image, uninitialized heap memory can potentially be flashed due to the lack of validation of sparse image block header size.
- Record
EUVD-2017-2716- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w5f2-pxpr-8p78
In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the...
In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, while processing sparse image, uninitialized heap memory can potentially be flashed due to the lack of validation of sparse image block header size.
- Record
GHSA-w5f2-pxpr-8p78- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-200
- 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-2017-11079 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Google Android, published January 10, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.44%, the 38th percentile. No source names a fixed version.