CVE-2017-14893 — While flashing meta image, a buffer over-read may potentially occur when the image size is smaller than the image header size or is smaller than the image header size + total image header entry in Android releases from CAF using the linux kernel (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) before security patch level 2018-06-05

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While flashing meta image, a buffer over-read may potentially occur when the image size is smaller than the image header size or is smaller than the image header size + total image header entry in Android releases from CAF using the linux kernel (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) before security patch level 2018-06-05

Published Jul 6, 2018

5.5

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.17%

Description

While flashing meta image, a buffer over-read may potentially occur when the image size is smaller than the image header size or is smaller than the image header size + total image header entry in Android releases from CAF using the linux kernel (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) before security patch level 2018-06-05.

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

0.17% 0.00166

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

EPSS probability 0.00166

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	0.17% (0.00166)	5.20th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Sep 20, 2026	0.17% (0.00166)	6.24th	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	0.26% (0.00258)	2.22th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	0.26% (0.00258)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

References (2)

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-06-01#qualcomm-components
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/abl/tianocore/edk2/commit/?id=c8dc3bf07ee909e6e57ad7887f9d3c0ffa5df795
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch

Link	Providers	Tags
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-06-01#qualcomm-components		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/abl/tianocore/edk2/commit/?id=c8dc3bf07ee909e6e57ad7887f9d3c0ffa5df795		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner qualcomm

Published Jul 6, 2018

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Reserved Sep 28, 2017

Link CVE-2017-14893

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2017-14893

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2017-14893