High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Nov 16, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-8279
CVE-2017-8279
Description
In android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, missing race condition protection while updating msg mask table can lead to buffer over-read. Also access to freed memory can happen while updating msg_mask information.
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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/2017-11-01nvdPatchVendor Advisory
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