CVE intelligence and bounded remediation
CVE-2017-15814 — Google Android security vulnerability
In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, in msm_flash_subdev_do_ioctl of drivers/media/platform/msm/camera_v2/sensor/flash/msm_flash.c, there is a possible out of bounds read if flash_data.cfg_type is CFG_FLASH_INIT due to improper input validation. This could lead to local information disclosure with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.
- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 4.4 (3.0)
- Published
- 2018-03-16
- CISA KEV
- Not currently listed
- Ecosystem
- operating-system
- Weaknesses
- CWE-125, CWE-200
Affected products
- google / android
Matched remediation archetype
Buffer bounds, memory safety, and memory corruption
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Check exposure
- Identify affected native-code versions, build flags, architectures, parsers, codecs, drivers, and input paths in all shipped artifacts.
- Determine whether untrusted data reaches the affected routine and the process privilege, sandbox, and network exposure.
- Confirm statically linked, vendored, firmware, and platform-provided copies, not only package-manager records.
Remediate safely
- Apply the maintained upstream correction or replace the affected component, then rebuild every dependent artifact from clean inputs.
- Adopt bounds-checked interfaces, validated sizes and integer conversions, clear ownership, and memory-safe components where practical.
- Enable supported compiler and runtime hardening and add sanitized tests and fuzz regression seeds derived from non-weaponized fixtures.
Authoritative sources
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