Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Jan 10, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-11079
CVE-2017-11079
Description
In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, while processing sparse image, uninitialized heap memory can potentially be flashed due to the lack of validation of sparse image block header size.
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Affected products
2- Qualcomm, Inc./Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Androidv5Range: All Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel
Patches
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References
1- source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-01-01nvdPatchVendor Advisory
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