CVE-2017-18158 describes potential buffer overflows and array out-of-bounds accesses in Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) prior to the 2018-06-05 security patch level, specifically during image flashing. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring low privileges, and potentially leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, nor significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| 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:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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