PT-2017-2253 · Google · Android

Published 2017-06-13 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-8240

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a kernel driver in the Android operating system, which has an off-by-one buffer over-read vulnerability. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Out of bounds Read

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-01447

CVE-2017-8240

Affected Products

Android

References · 10

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-8240 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8240 · Vendor Advisory
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-06-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-8240 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8240 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-01447 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8240 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8240 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8240 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1038623 · Note