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CVE-2017-10996

In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, out of bounds...

5.5 Medium

In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, out of bounds access is possible in c_show(), due to compat_hwcap_str[] not being NULL-terminated. This error is not fatal, however the device might crash/reboot with memory violation/out of bounds access.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

0.43%Up 0.2 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.5

In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, out of bounds access is possible in c_show(), due to compat_hwcap_str[] not being NULL-terminated. This error is not fatal, however the device might crash/reboot with memory violation/out of bounds access.

Record
CVE-2017-10996
CVSS 3.0
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0
7.1 HighAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, out of bounds access is possible in c_show(), due to compat_hwcap_str[] not being NULL-terminated. This error is not fatal, however the device might crash/reboot with memory violation/out of bounds access.

Record
CVE-2017-10996
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-2633 No score

In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, out of bounds access is possible in c_show(), due to compat_hwcap_str[] not being NULL-terminated. This error is not fatal, however the device might crash/reboot with memory violation/out of bounds access.

Record
EUVD-2017-2633
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6p76-3w7q-ffv2 5.5

In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, out of bounds...

In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, out of bounds access is possible in c_show(), due to compat_hwcap_str[] not being NULL-terminated. This error is not fatal, however the device might crash/reboot with memory violation/out of bounds access.

Record
GHSA-6p76-3w7q-ffv2
CVSS 3.0
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
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In short

CVE-2017-10996 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Google Android, published September 21, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.43%, the 37th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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