CVE-2017-9722 in Android

Summary

In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, when updating custom EDID (hdmi_tx_sysfs_wta_edid), if edid_size, which is controlled by userspace, is too large, a buffer overflow occurs.

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• Reservation: 06/15/2017
• Disclosure: 12/05/2017
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-110231 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-119 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 6.8
• EPSS: 0.00017
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9722
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9722
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2017-9722/