CVE-2017-8271
Out of bound memory write can happen in the MDSS Rotator driver in all Qualcomm products with...
Out of bound memory write can happen in the MDSS Rotator driver in all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel by an unsanitized userspace-controlled parameter.
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
Out of bound memory write can happen in the MDSS Rotator driver in all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel by an unsanitized userspace-controlled parameter.
- Record
CVE-2017-8271- 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-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Out of bound memory write can happen in the MDSS Rotator driver in all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel by an unsanitized userspace-controlled parameter.
- Record
CVE-2017-8271- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-17233 No score
Out of bound memory write can happen in the MDSS Rotator driver in all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel by an unsanitized userspace-controlled parameter.
- Record
EUVD-2017-17233- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m3pg-697x-h772
Out of bound memory write can happen in the MDSS Rotator driver in all Qualcomm products with...
Out of bound memory write can happen in the MDSS Rotator driver in all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel by an unsanitized userspace-controlled parameter.
- Record
GHSA-m3pg-697x-h772- 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-787
- 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-2017-8271 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Google Android, published August 11, 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.