CVE-2017-8279: Google Android

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, missing race condition protection while updating msg mask table can lead to buffer over-read. Also access to freed memory can happen while updating msg_mask information.

Affected products

• Google Android: affected versions not specified

Published 2017-11-16. Last modified 2026-06-17.