CVE-2017-8250
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, user controlled...
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, user controlled variables "nr_cmds" and "nr_bos" number are passed across functions without any check. An integer overflow to buffer overflow (with a smaller buffer allocated) may occur when they are too large or negative.
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
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, user controlled variables "nr_cmds" and "nr_bos" number are passed across functions without any check. An integer overflow to buffer overflow (with a smaller buffer allocated) may occur when they are too large or negative.
- Record
CVE-2017-8250- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-190
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, user controlled variables "nr_cmds" and "nr_bos" number are passed across functions without any check. An integer overflow to buffer overflow (with a smaller buffer allocated) may occur when they are too large or negative.
- Record
CVE-2017-8250- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-17212 No score
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, user controlled variables "nr_cmds" and "nr_bos" number are passed across functions without any check. An integer overflow to buffer overflow (with a smaller buffer allocated) may occur when they are too large or negative.
- Record
EUVD-2017-17212- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f2c2-hw9j-p96c
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, user controlled...
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, user controlled variables "nr_cmds" and "nr_bos" number are passed across functions without any check. An integer overflow to buffer overflow (with a smaller buffer allocated) may occur when they are too large or negative.
- Record
GHSA-f2c2-hw9j-p96c- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-190
- 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-2017-8250 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Google Android, published September 21, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.40%, the 34th percentile. No source names a fixed version.