CVE-2017-15836
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, if the firmware sends a service ready event to the host with a large number in the num_hw_modes or num_phy, then it could result in an integer overflow which may potentially lead to a buffer overflow.
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)
CWEs
- CWE-190
References
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