A vulnerability was found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (the affected version is unknown). It has been classified as very critical. This affects an unknown code of the component Message Passing Interface Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, buffer sizes in the message passing interface are not properly validated.

The weakness was disclosed 12/05/2017 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at source.android.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-14917 since 09/28/2017. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/25/2021). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The entries 110232, 110233, 110234 and 110235 are pretty similar.

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• Smartphone Operating System

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• Google

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• Android

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