CVE-2017-8253
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, kernel memory can...
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, kernel memory can potentially be overwritten if an invalid master is sent from userspace.
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, kernel memory can potentially be overwritten if an invalid master is sent from userspace.
- Record
CVE-2017-8253- 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
- 9.3 High
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-770
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, kernel memory can potentially be overwritten if an invalid master is sent from userspace.
- Record
CVE-2017-8253- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-17215 No score
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, kernel memory can potentially be overwritten if an invalid master is sent from userspace.
- Record
EUVD-2017-17215- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-ggcx-xqvf-6w5p
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, kernel memory can...
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, kernel memory can potentially be overwritten if an invalid master is sent from userspace.
- Record
GHSA-ggcx-xqvf-6w5p- 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-770
- 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-2017-8253 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Google Android, published August 18, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.49%, the 42nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.