CVE-2017-15815
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, a potential buffer overflow can happen when processing any 802.11 MGMT frames like Auth frame in limProcessAuthFrame.
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, a potential buffer overflow can happen when processing any 802.11 MGMT frames like Auth frame in limProcessAuthFrame.
- Record
CVE-2017-15815- 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-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, a potential buffer overflow can happen when processing any 802.11 MGMT frames like Auth frame in limProcessAuthFrame.
- Record
CVE-2017-15815- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-7237 No score
In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a potential buffer overflow can happen when processing any 802.11 MGMT frames like Auth frame in limProcessAuthFrame.
- Record
EUVD-2017-7237- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mpmr-538w-m39f
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, a potential buffer overflow can happen when processing any 802.11 MGMT frames like Auth frame in limProcessAuthFrame.
- Record
GHSA-mpmr-538w-m39f- 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-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-2017-15815 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Google Android, published March 15, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.39%, the 72nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.