CVE-2017-9683
In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the...
CVE-2017-9683 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Google Android, published October 10, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.16%, the 4th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, while flashing a meta image, an integer overflow can occur, if user-defined image offset and size values are too large.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, while flashing a meta image, an integer overflow can occur, if user-defined image offset and size values are too large.
- Record
CVE-2017-9683- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 High
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-190
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, while flashing a meta image, an integer overflow can occur, if user-defined image offset and size values are too large.
- Record
CVE-2017-9683- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-18614 No score
In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, while flashing a meta image, an integer overflow can occur, if user-defined image offset and size values are too large.
- Record
EUVD-2017-18614- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-r6p6-mw8c-f3mf
In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the...
In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, while flashing a meta image, an integer overflow can occur, if user-defined image offset and size values are too large.
- Record
GHSA-r6p6-mw8c-f3mf- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-190
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | aliases | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |