CVE-2017-15821
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, in the function wma_p2p_noa_event_handler(), there is no bound check on a value coming from firmware which can potentially lead to a buffer overwrite.
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, in the function wma_p2p_noa_event_handler(), there is no bound check on a value coming from firmware which can potentially lead to a buffer overwrite.
- Record
CVE-2017-15821- 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-119
- 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, in the function wma_p2p_noa_event_handler(), there is no bound check on a value coming from firmware which can potentially lead to a buffer overwrite.
- Record
CVE-2017-15821- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-7243 No score
In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, in the function wma_p2p_noa_event_handler(), there is no bound check on a value coming from firmware which can potentially lead to a buffer overwrite.
- Record
EUVD-2017-7243- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7q56-f748-5936
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, in the function wma_p2p_noa_event_handler(), there is no bound check on a value coming from firmware which can potentially lead to a buffer overwrite.
- Record
GHSA-7q56-f748-5936- 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-119
- 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-2017-15821 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Google Android, published March 15, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.19%, the 9th percentile. No source names a fixed version.