CVE-2017-8239
In all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, userspace-controlled parameters for...
In all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, userspace-controlled parameters for flash initialization are not sanitized potentially leading to exposure of kernel memory.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
In all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, userspace-controlled parameters for flash initialization are not sanitized potentially leading to exposure of kernel memory.
- Record
CVE-2017-8239- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
In all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, userspace-controlled parameters for flash initialization are not sanitized potentially leading to exposure of kernel memory.
- Record
CVE-2017-8239- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-17201 No score
In all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, userspace-controlled parameters for flash initialization are not sanitized potentially leading to exposure of kernel memory.
- Record
EUVD-2017-17201- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j44f-48vf-qhwr
In all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, userspace-controlled parameters for...
In all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, userspace-controlled parameters for flash initialization are not sanitized potentially leading to exposure of kernel memory.
- Record
GHSA-j44f-48vf-qhwr- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - 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-2017-8239 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Google Android, published June 13, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.41%, the 35th percentile. No source names a fixed version.