In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, improper input validation f…

published 2018-03-16 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-9196

cvss: 7.5; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 44%
public exploits: 0; none known

In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, improper input validation for vdev id in wma_nlo_scan_cmp_evt_handler(), which is received from firmware, leads to potential out of bounds memory read.

Patch / fix

links 1

source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-3.0/co… commit

Exploit prediction

0.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	7.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

References

source.codeaurora.org /quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-3.0/commit/?id=24d41d2bd3d98325b3800345f4ba27a334b3894b
patch, third-party-advisory
source.android.com /security/bulletin/pixel/2018-03-01
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-18057
NVD CVE-2017-18057

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Summary