CVE-2017-8246

Summary

CVECVE-2017-8246
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerqualcomm
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-05-12 20:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionIn function msm_pcm_playback_close() in all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, prtd is assigned substream->runtime->private_data. Later, prtd is freed. However, prtd is not sanitized and set to NULL, resulting in a dangling pointer. There are other functions that access the same memory (substream->runtime->private_data) with a NULL check, such as msm_pcm_volume_ctl_put(), which means this freed memory could be used.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.8 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-416 | Use-After-Free in ALSA PCM Playback Kernel Module (CVE-2017-8246)


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/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 v3.1 Breakdown

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

CVSS:3.1/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
Page not found - Code Aurora af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.codeaurora.org Broken Link
Android Security Bulletin—July 2017  |  Android Open Source Project af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 source.android.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 900089 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.4.51
  • 903217 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (3487)
  • 905826 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (3487-1)

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