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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

Published Jan 10, 2018

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.

Affected products

Remediation

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Weaknesses (1)

CWE-200

Exposure of Sensitive Information

References (1)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner qualcomm
Published Jan 10, 2018
Updated Sep 16, 2024
Reserved Jul 7, 2017
Link CVE-2017-11079
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Link CVE-2017-11079
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
Links CVE-2017-11079