CVE-2017-8268
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIn all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, the camera application can possibly request frame/command buffer processing with invalid values leading to the driver performing a heap buffer over-read.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceA heap buffer over-read vulnerability exists in Qualcomm camera drivers for Android devices using Linux kernel from CAF (Code Aurora Forum). The camera application can send frame/command buffer processing requests with invalid values, causing the kernel driver to read beyond the allocated buffer boundaries.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE dataall versionsCVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify Qualcomm camera hardware in useCheck /proc/camera or use 'getprop' commands like 'getprop ro.camera' or 'getprop ro.hardware' to see if the device uses Qualcomm camera componentsAffected if The device uses Qualcomm camera sensor/ISP hardware (qualcomm, qcom, or Camera Suite in hardware identifiers)
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Check kernel version and build dateRun 'uname -a' or check /proc/version to view the kernel version and build timestamp. Compare against the date when vendor patches became availableAffected if The kernel is built from CAF (Code Aurora Forum) sources and predates the patch release date for this CVE
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Verify vulnerable camera driver module presenceCheck for camera driver modules in /proc/modules or ls /system/lib/modules/*camera* and ls /vendor/lib/hw/camera.*.so to identify loaded camera driver componentsAffected if Qualcomm camera kernel modules (such as msm_camera, cam_sensor, or vfe modules) are present and loaded
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Inspect camera driver for vulnerable code patternsExamine /sys/module/*camera*/parameters if available, or decompile the camera HAL (hardware abstraction layer) library in /vendor/lib/hw/ to check for missing bounds validation in buffer processing functionsAffected if The camera driver lacks input validation checks for frame/command buffer parameters (no validation of buffer size or pointer bounds before memory access)
A device is affected if it runs any version of Android with a Qualcomm camera driver built from CAF kernel sources that lacks proper bounds checking for frame/command buffer parameters in the camera driver.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply vendor-supplied patches for the Qualcomm camera driver that add proper input validation for frame/command buffer parameters to prevent out-of-bounds memory reads.
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