CVE-2017-9678
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, in a video driver...
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, in a video driver, memory corruption can potentially occur due to lack of bounds checking in a memcpy().
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
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, in a video driver, memory corruption can potentially occur due to lack of bounds checking in a memcpy().
- Record
CVE-2017-9678- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 High
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, in a video driver, memory corruption can potentially occur due to lack of bounds checking in a memcpy().
- Record
CVE-2017-9678- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-18609 No score
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, in a video driver, memory corruption can potentially occur due to lack of bounds checking in a memcpy().
- Record
EUVD-2017-18609- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8p7m-w89h-34v5
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, in a video driver...
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, in a video driver, memory corruption can potentially occur due to lack of bounds checking in a memcpy().
- Record
GHSA-8p7m-w89h-34v5- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-9678 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Google Android, published August 18, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.50%, the 42nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.