CVE-2017-8278
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, while reading...
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, while reading audio data from an unspecified driver, a buffer overflow or integer overflow could occur.
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, while reading audio data from an unspecified driver, a buffer overflow or integer overflow could occur.
- Record
CVE-2017-8278- 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-120, CWE-190
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, while reading audio data from an unspecified driver, a buffer overflow or integer overflow could occur.
- Record
CVE-2017-8278- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-17240 No score
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, while reading audio data from an unspecified driver, a buffer overflow or integer overflow could occur.
- Record
EUVD-2017-17240- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hxfc-jxhm-hhq4
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, while reading...
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, while reading audio data from an unspecified driver, a buffer overflow or integer overflow could occur.
- Record
GHSA-hxfc-jxhm-hhq4- 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-120, 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-2017-8278 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 0.47%, the 40th percentile. No source names a fixed version.