CVE-2017-8256
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, array out of...
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, array out of bounds access can occur if userspace sends more than 16 multicast addresses.
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, array out of bounds access can occur if userspace sends more than 16 multicast addresses.
- Record
CVE-2017-8256- 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-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, array out of bounds access can occur if userspace sends more than 16 multicast addresses.
- Record
CVE-2017-8256- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-17218 No score
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, array out of bounds access can occur if userspace sends more than 16 multicast addresses.
- Record
EUVD-2017-17218- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g2c4-pwq4-52mj
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, array out of...
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, array out of bounds access can occur if userspace sends more than 16 multicast addresses.
- Record
GHSA-g2c4-pwq4-52mj- 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-125
- 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-2017-8256 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 0.38%, the 32nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.