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CVE-2017-15842

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.8)—
Severity7.8High · CVSS 3.0
Exploitation probability0.16 %higher than 5% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

Buffer might get used after it gets freed due to unlocking the mutex before freeing the buffer in all Android releases from CAF (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) using the Linux Kernel.

CVSS

Base score
7.8
Version
3.0
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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
0.16 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
5
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

References

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Raw JSON (NVD)

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