CVE-2017-18277

moderate-risk

Published 2018-10-23

When dynamic memory allocation fails, currently the process sleeps for one second and continues with infinite loop without retrying for memory allocation in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear in version MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9640, MDM9650, MSM8909W, QCN5502, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 425, SD 430, SD 450, SD 600, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 810, SD 820, SD 820A, SD 835.

Do I need to act?

0.11% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 5.5/10 Medium

LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (20)

Mdm9206 Firmware

Mdm9607 Firmware

Mdm9640 Firmware

Mdm9650 Firmware

Msm8909W Firmware

Qcn5502 Firmware

Sd 210 Firmware

Sd 212 Firmware

Sd 205 Firmware

Sd 425 Firmware

Sd 430 Firmware

Sd 450 Firmware

Sd 600 Firmware

Sd 615 Firmware

Sd 616 Firmware

Sd 415 Firmware

Sd 625 Firmware

Sd 650 Firmware

Sd 652 Firmware

Sd 810 Firmware

Affected Vendors

Qualcomm

References (4)

Third Party Advisory https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-07-01#qualcomm-closed-source-c...

Vendor Advisory https://www.qualcomm.com/company/product-security/bulletins

Third Party Advisory https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-07-01#qualcomm-closed-source-c...

Vendor Advisory https://www.qualcomm.com/company/product-security/bulletins

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moderate-risk

Severity 18/34 · Moderate

Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal

Exposure 21/34 · High