CVE-2017-18302: Qualcomm MSM8996AU Firmware

Medium severity, CVSS 4.7. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In Snapdragon (Automobile ,Mobile) in version MSM8996AU, SD 425, SD 427, SD 430, SD 435, SD 450, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 820, SD 820A, SD 835, SDA660, SDM429, SDM439, SDM630, SDM632, SDM636, SDM660, Snapdragon_High_Med_2016, a crafted HLOS client can modify the structure in memory passed to a QSEE application between the time of check and the time of use, resulting in arbitrary writes to TZ kernel memory regions.

Affected products

• Qualcomm MSM8996AU Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Qualcomm SD425 Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Qualcomm SD427 Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Qualcomm SD430 Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Qualcomm SD435 Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Qualcomm SD450 Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Qualcomm SD625 Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Qualcomm SD650 Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Qualcomm SD652 Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Qualcomm SD820 Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Qualcomm SD820A Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Qualcomm SD835 Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Qualcomm SDA660 Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Qualcomm SDM429 Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Qualcomm SDM439 Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Qualcomm SDM630 Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Qualcomm SDM632 Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Qualcomm SDM636 Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Qualcomm SDM660 Firmware: affected versions not specified

Published 2018-09-20. Last modified 2026-06-17.