CVE-2017-8242
In all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a race condition exists in a QTEE driver...
In all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a race condition exists in a QTEE driver potentially leading to an arbitrary memory write.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
In all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a race condition exists in a QTEE driver potentially leading to an arbitrary memory write.
- Record
CVE-2017-8242- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-362
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
In all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a race condition exists in a QTEE driver potentially leading to an arbitrary memory write.
- Record
CVE-2017-8242- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-17204 No score
In all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a race condition exists in a QTEE driver potentially leading to an arbitrary memory write.
- Record
EUVD-2017-17204- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9x76-mxx2-773v
In all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a race condition exists in a QTEE driver...
In all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a race condition exists in a QTEE driver potentially leading to an arbitrary memory write.
- Record
GHSA-9x76-mxx2-773v- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-362
- 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-2017-8242 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) 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 0.32%, the 25th percentile. No source names a fixed version.