CVE-2017-11015 — In android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, currently, the value of SIR_MAC_AUTH_CHALLENGE_LENGTH is set to 128 which may result in buffer overflow since the frame parser allows challenge text of length up to 253 bytes, but the driver can not handle challenge text larger than 128 bytes

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HIGH

In android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, currently, the value of SIR_MAC_AUTH_CHALLENGE_LENGTH is set to 128 which may result in buffer overflow since the frame parser allows challenge text of length up to 253 bytes, but the driver can not handle challenge text larger than 128 bytes

Published Nov 16, 2017

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.50%

Description

In android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, currently, the value of SIR_MAC_AUTH_CHALLENGE_LENGTH is set to 128 which may result in buffer overflow since the frame parser allows challenge text of length up to 253 bytes, but the driver can not handle challenge text larger than 128 bytes.

Affected products

Vendor Qualcomm, Inc. Product Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android Default
n/a
- Version
  All Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

Qualcomm, Inc.

Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
All Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel	affected	-

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.50% 0.00502

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00502

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.50% (0.00502)	40.70th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Sep 20, 2026	0.50% (0.00502)	41.97th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.07% (0.00075)	32.80th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Sep 3, 2023	0.07% (0.00075)	30.91th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.07% (0.00065)	26.59th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	0.26% (0.00258)	2.22th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	0.26% (0.00258)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-120

Classic Buffer Overflow

References (2)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101774
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-11-01
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101774		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-11-01		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory