cvelist/2017/8xxx/CVE-2017-8244.json

{
    "CVE_data_meta": {
        "ASSIGNER": "product-security@qualcomm.com",
        "ID": "CVE-2017-8244",
        "STATE": "PUBLIC"
    },
    "affects": {
        "vendor": {
            "vendor_data": [
                {
                    "product": {
                        "product_data": [
                            {
                                "product_name": "Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android",
                                "version": {
                                    "version_data": [
                                        {
                                            "version_value": "All Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel"
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            }
                        ]
                    },
                    "vendor_name": "Qualcomm, Inc."
                }
            ]
        }
    },
    "data_format": "MITRE",
    "data_type": "CVE",
    "data_version": "4.0",
    "description": {
        "description_data": [
            {
                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "In core_info_read and inst_info_read in all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, variable \"dbg_buf\", \"dbg_buf->curr\" and \"dbg_buf->filled_size\" could be modified by different threads at the same time, but they are not protected with mutex or locks. Buffer overflow is possible on race conditions. \"buffer->curr\" itself could also be overwritten, which means that it may point to anywhere of kernel memory (for write)."
            }
        ]
    },
    "problemtype": {
        "problemtype_data": [
            {
                "description": [
                    {
                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "Buffer overflow in msm_vidc debugfs driver core_info_read and inst_info_read (CVE-2017-8244)"
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    "references": {
        "reference_data": [
            {
                "name": "https://www.codeaurora.org/buffer-overflow-msmvidc-debugfs-driver-coreinforead-and-instinforead-cve-2017-8244",
                "refsource": "CONFIRM",
                "url": "https://www.codeaurora.org/buffer-overflow-msmvidc-debugfs-driver-coreinforead-and-instinforead-cve-2017-8244"
            },
            {
                "name": "https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2017-12-01",
                "refsource": "CONFIRM",
                "url": "https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2017-12-01"
            },
            {
                "name": "98547",
                "refsource": "BID",
                "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98547"
            }
        ]
    }
}