CVE-2017-11080
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 a user supplied sparse image, a buffer overflow vulnerability could occur if the sparse header block size is equal to 4294967296.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- 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 a user supplied sparse image, a buffer overflow vulnerability could occur if the sparse header block size is equal to 4294967296.
- Record
CVE-2017-11080- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-119
- 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 a user supplied sparse image, a buffer overflow vulnerability could occur if the sparse header block size is equal to 4294967296.
- Record
CVE-2017-11080- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-2717 No score
In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, while processing a user supplied sparse image, a buffer overflow vulnerability could occur if the sparse header block size is equal to 4294967296.
- Record
EUVD-2017-2717- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m5qf-pqmq-86ch
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 a user supplied sparse image, a buffer overflow vulnerability could occur if the sparse header block size is equal to 4294967296.
- Record
GHSA-m5qf-pqmq-86ch- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-119
- 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-2017-11080 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) 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 0.14%, the 3rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.