CVE-2017-15815 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, and QRD Android, specifically within the Linux kernel's handling of 802.11 MGMT frames like authentication frames. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability over the network with low attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage. This suggests it is not currently a widely exploited or discussed threat.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.