CVE-2017-14879
Status: ModifiedHigh (8.8)—
Severity8.8High · CVSS 3.0
Exploitation probability0.36 %higher than 29% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found
In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, by calling an IPA ioctl and searching for routing/filer/hdr rule handle from ipa_idr pointer using ipa_idr_find() function, the wrong structure pointer can be returned resulting in a slab out of bound access in the IPA driver.
CVSS
- Base score
- 8.8
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- 0.36 %
- Percentile among all scored CVEs
- 29
- Score date
- 10/22/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- CWE-119
References
Raw JSON (NVD)
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