PT-2017-2807
CVE-2017-8262
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Published
2017-04-25
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Updated
2017-08-23
Description by
CVSS 2.0
7.6
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
The issue is related to a race condition in memory allocation and free functions, potentially leading to a Use After Free condition. This is caused by synchronization errors when using shared resources. Exploitation of this issue may allow a remote attacker to cause use of memory after it has been freed.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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