CVE-2017-14908
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, the SafeSwitch test application does not properly validate the number of blocks to verify.
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, the SafeSwitch test application does not properly validate the number of blocks to verify.
- Record
CVE-2017-14908- 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
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-20
- 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, the SafeSwitch test application does not properly validate the number of blocks to verify.
- Record
CVE-2017-14908- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-6386 No score
In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, the SafeSwitch test application does not properly validate the number of blocks to verify.
- Record
EUVD-2017-6386- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mfqm-482f-98vq
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, the SafeSwitch test application does not properly validate the number of blocks to verify.
- Record
GHSA-mfqm-482f-98vq- 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-20
- 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-2017-14908 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Google Android, published December 5, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.73%, the 54th percentile. No source names a fixed version.