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CVE-2017-8265

Status: ModifiedHigh (7)—
Severity7High · CVSS 3.0
Exploitation probability0.27 %higher than 18% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a race condition exists in a video driver which can lead to a double free.

CVSS

Base score
7
Version
3.0
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
0.27 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
18
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)

Google — Android

CWEs

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Raw JSON (NVD)

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