Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-8267 - Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in Google Android
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
HIGH Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a race condition exists in an IOCTL handler potentially leading to an integer overflow and then an out-of-bounds write.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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OS | 1 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Forced Integer Overflow This attack forces an integer variable to go out of range. The integer variable is often used as an offset such as size of memory allocation or similarly. The attacker would typically control the value of such variable and try to get it out of range. For instance the integer in question is incremented past the maximum possible value, it may wrap to become a very small, or negative number, therefore providing a very incorrect value which can lead to unexpected behavior. At worst the attacker can execute arbitrary code.