CVE-2017-9723 — The touchscreen driver synaptics_dsx in Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, and

The touchscreen driver synaptics_dsx in Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, and QRD Android before 2017-06-05, the size of a stack-allocated buffer can be set to a value which exceeds the size of the stack.

01What is this vulnerability?

The touchscreen driver synaptics_dsx in Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, and QRD Android before 2017-06-05, the size of a stack-allocated buffer can be set to a value which exceeds the size of the stack.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Qualcomm, Inc.	Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android	All Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel

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

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

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

• Published: 2018-03-30T21:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-16T17:34:14.619Z

09References

• source.android.com — https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-02-01
• source.codeaurora.org — https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.18/commit/?id=e83ebd2098009b0…