Undersize Buffer Allocation Vulnerability in Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, and CAF Android Releases

CVE-2017-14896 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, there is a memory allocation without a length field validation in the mobicore driver which can result in an undersize buffer allocation. Ultimately this can result in a kernel memory overwrite.

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