CVE-2017-8254
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, an audio client...
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, an audio client pointer is dereferenced before being checked if it is valid.
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 Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, an audio client pointer is dereferenced before being checked if it is valid.
- Record
CVE-2017-8254- 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 Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, an audio client pointer is dereferenced before being checked if it is valid.
- Record
CVE-2017-8254- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-17216 No score
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, an audio client pointer is dereferenced before being checked if it is valid.
- Record
EUVD-2017-17216- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f79w-3mc4-xqgc
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, an audio client...
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, an audio client pointer is dereferenced before being checked if it is valid.
- Record
GHSA-f79w-3mc4-xqgc- 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-2017-8254 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) 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 0.39%, the 33rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.