CVE-2017-9683 — In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, while flashing a meta image, an integer overflow can occur, if user-defined image offset and size values are too large

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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 flashing a meta image, an integer overflow can occur, if user-defined image offset and size values are too large

Published Oct 10, 2017

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.16%

Description

In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, while flashing a meta image, an integer overflow can occur, if user-defined image offset and size values are too large.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.16% 0.00158

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

EPSS probability 0.00158

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)

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Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.16% (0.00158)	4.25th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Sep 20, 2026	0.16% (0.00158)	5.35th	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/101117
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-10-01
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101117		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-10-01		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner qualcomm

Published Oct 10, 2017

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Reserved Jun 15, 2017

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CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2017-9683

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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