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CVE-2017-8260 — In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel,

In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, due to a type downcast, a value may improperly pass validation and cause an out of bounds write later.

CVSS
7.8 HIGH
EPSS
0.23% (top 54.00%)
CWE
—
Published
2017-08-18T18:29:03.640
Last modified
2026-05-13T00:24:29.033
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

01What is this vulnerability?

In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, due to a type downcast, a value may improperly pass validation and cause an out of bounds write later.

02Affected products

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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