CVE-2017-11082
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, due to a race condition in a firmware loading routine, a buffer overflow could potentially occur if multiple user space threads try to update the WLAN firmware file through sysfs.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- 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, due to a race condition in a firmware loading routine, a buffer overflow could potentially occur if multiple user space threads try to update the WLAN firmware file through sysfs.
- Record
CVE-2017-11082- CVSS 3.0
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.4 Medium
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-119, CWE-362
- 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, due to a race condition in a firmware loading routine, a buffer overflow could potentially occur if multiple user space threads try to update the WLAN firmware file through sysfs.
- Record
CVE-2017-11082- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-2719 No score
In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, due to a race condition in a firmware loading routine, a buffer overflow could potentially occur if multiple user space threads try to update the WLAN firmware file through sysfs.
- Record
EUVD-2017-2719- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xh3j-85mp-66rj
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, due to a race condition in a firmware loading routine, a buffer overflow could potentially occur if multiple user space threads try to update the WLAN firmware file through sysfs.
- Record
GHSA-xh3j-85mp-66rj- CVSS 3.0
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/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-2017-11082 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.0) in Google Android, published March 16, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.13%, the 2nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.