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CVE-2017-8242

In all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a race condition exists in a QTEE driver...

5.9 Medium

In all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a race condition exists in a QTEE driver potentially leading to an arbitrary memory write.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

0.32%Up 0.1 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.9

In all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a race condition exists in a QTEE driver potentially leading to an arbitrary memory write.

Record
CVE-2017-8242
CVSS 3.0
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0
4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness
CWE-362
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

In all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a race condition exists in a QTEE driver potentially leading to an arbitrary memory write.

Record
CVE-2017-8242
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-17204 No score

In all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a race condition exists in a QTEE driver potentially leading to an arbitrary memory write.

Record
EUVD-2017-17204
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9x76-mxx2-773v 5.9

In all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a race condition exists in a QTEE driver...

In all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a race condition exists in a QTEE driver potentially leading to an arbitrary memory write.

Record
GHSA-9x76-mxx2-773v
CVSS 3.0
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness
CWE-362
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2017-8242 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) 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 0.32%, the 25th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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