CVE-2017-18054
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, improper input validation for num_vdev_mac_entries in wma_pdev_hw_mode_transition_evt_handler(), which is received from firmware, leads to potential buffer overflow.
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, improper input validation for num_vdev_mac_entries in wma_pdev_hw_mode_transition_evt_handler(), which is received from firmware, leads to potential buffer overflow.
- Record
CVE-2017-18054- 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
- 4.6 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-20, 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, improper input validation for num_vdev_mac_entries in wma_pdev_hw_mode_transition_evt_handler(), which is received from firmware, leads to potential buffer overflow.
- Record
CVE-2017-18054- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-9193 No score
In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, improper input validation for num_vdev_mac_entries in wma_pdev_hw_mode_transition_evt_handler(), which is received from firmware, leads to potential buffer overflow.
- Record
EUVD-2017-9193- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3gg7-5g25-qc9r
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, improper input validation for num_vdev_mac_entries in wma_pdev_hw_mode_transition_evt_handler(), which is received from firmware, leads to potential buffer overflow.
- Record
GHSA-3gg7-5g25-qc9r- 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-2017-18054 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Google Android, published March 16, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.17%, the 6th percentile. No source names a fixed version.