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CVE-2017-14890

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.3)—
Severity7.3High · CVSS 3.0
Exploitation probability0.34 %higher than 26% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

In Qualcomm Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, and QRD Android with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel before security patch level 2018-04-05, in the processing of an SWBA event, the vdev_map value is not properly validated leading to a potential buffer overwrite in function wma_send_bcn_buf_ll().

CVSS

Base score
7.3
Version
3.0
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
0.34 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
26
Score date
10/21/2026

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)

Google — Android

CWEs

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Raw JSON (NVD)

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