CVE-2017-17764 — In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, the num_failure_info value from firmware is not properly validated in wma_rx_aggr_failure_event_handler() so that an integer overflow vulnerability in a buffer size calculation may potentially lead to a buffer overflow

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HIGH

In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, the num_failure_info value from firmware is not properly validated in wma_rx_aggr_failure_event_handler() so that an integer overflow vulnerability in a buffer size calculation may potentially lead to a buffer overflow

Published Feb 23, 2018

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.17%

Description

In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, the num_failure_info value from firmware is not properly validated in wma_rx_aggr_failure_event_handler() so that an integer overflow vulnerability in a buffer size calculation may potentially lead to a buffer overflow.

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% 0.00170

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

EPSS probability 0.00170

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% (0.00170)	5.76th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Sep 20, 2026	0.17% (0.00170)	6.81th	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-190

Integer Overflow

References (2)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102974
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-02-01
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102974		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-02-01		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner qualcomm

Published Feb 23, 2018

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Reserved Dec 19, 2017

Link CVE-2017-17764

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2017-17764

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2017-17764