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CVE-2017-8281

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-8281 is a race condition vulnerability affecting Qualcomm products running Android releases from CAF that utilize the Linux kernel. This flaw allows access to previously freed memory when querying event status via DCI. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.7 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with high attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to high confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.7MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
28.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0036 is in the 38th percentile among its peer group of 167 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.0 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

googlepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-8281Important

kernel: use after free in the recvmmsg exit path

Mar 14, 2016

References

source.android.com / security/bulletin/2017-09-01
PatchVendor Advisory
source.android.com / security/bulletin/pixel/2017-12-01
securityfocus.com / bid/100658
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry