CVE-2017-8261
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, in a camera...
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, in a camera driver ioctl, a kernel overwrite can potentially 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, in a camera driver ioctl, a kernel overwrite can potentially occur.
- Record
CVE-2017-8261- 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 - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, in a camera driver ioctl, a kernel overwrite can potentially occur.
- Record
CVE-2017-8261- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-17223 No score
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, in a camera driver ioctl, a kernel overwrite can potentially occur.
- Record
EUVD-2017-17223- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4crg-qfjw-5c34
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, in a camera...
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, in a camera driver ioctl, a kernel overwrite can potentially occur.
- Record
GHSA-4crg-qfjw-5c34- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-8261 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Google Android, published August 18, 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.