CVE-2017-10996

Published: Sep 21, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

5.5

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Google: Android

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Google Android	Up to 8.0

Related CWEs

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

References (4)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100658

Source: product-security@qualcomm.com

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-09-01

Source: product-security@qualcomm.com

PatchVendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100658

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-09-01

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

PatchVendor Advisory

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