CVE-2017-8241
In all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a buffer overflow vulnerability exists...
In all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a buffer overflow vulnerability exists in a WLAN function due to an incorrect message length.
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 Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a buffer overflow vulnerability exists in a WLAN function due to an incorrect message length.
- Record
CVE-2017-8241- 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-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
In all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a buffer overflow vulnerability exists in a WLAN function due to an incorrect message length.
- Record
CVE-2017-8241- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-17203 No score
In all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a buffer overflow vulnerability exists in a WLAN function due to an incorrect message length.
- Record
EUVD-2017-17203- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3mhh-8825-8jw3
In all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a buffer overflow vulnerability exists...
In all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a buffer overflow vulnerability exists in a WLAN function due to an incorrect message length.
- Record
GHSA-3mhh-8825-8jw3- 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-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2017-8241
In all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a buffer overflow vulnerability exists in a WLAN function due to an incorrect message length.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8241- 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 - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-8241 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Google Android, published June 13, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.44%, the 38th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-06-01
securitytracker.com/id/1038623
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8241
github.com/advisories/GHSA-3mhh-8825-8jw3
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8241
source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.18/commit?id=22b8b6608174c1308208d5bc6c143f4998744547
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8241