CVE-2017-11091 — In android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, in the function mdss_rotator_ioctl in the driver /dev/mdss_rotator, a Use-After-Free condition can potentially occur due to a fence being installed too early

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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, in the function mdss_rotator_ioctl in the driver /dev/mdss_rotator, a Use-After-Free condition can potentially occur due to a fence being installed too early

Published Nov 16, 2017

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.14%

Description

In android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, in the function mdss_rotator_ioctl in the driver /dev/mdss_rotator, a Use-After-Free condition can potentially occur due to a fence being installed too early.

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

0.14% 0.00138

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00138

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 2, 2026	0.14% (0.00138)	2.67th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Sep 20, 2026	0.14% (0.00138)	3.57th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.04% (0.00044)	12.95th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 25, 2024	0.04% (0.00044)	12.27th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00044)	10.26th	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	0.17% (0.00171)	1.23th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	0.17% (0.00171)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-416

Use After Free

References (1)

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2017-11-01
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2017-11-01		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner qualcomm

Published Nov 16, 2017

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Reserved Jul 7, 2017

Link CVE-2017-11091

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2017-11091

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2017-11091