CVE-2017-11038

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-11038
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerqualcomm
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-11-16 22:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionIn android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, while processing the boot image header, range checks can be bypassed by supplying different versions of the header at the time of check and use.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 7.8 HIGH from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.000160000 probability, percentile 0.039380000 (date 2026-05-13)

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition in Boot

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary7.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary4.6AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Google Android - All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Qualcomm Inc. Android For MSM Firefox OS For MSM QRD Android affected All Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Pixel / Nexus Security Bulletin—November 2017  |  Android Open Source Project af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 source.android.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
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