CVE-2017-10996

5.5 mediumEPSS 0.4%

Medium (5.5) in google android. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

5.5 medium

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

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 37% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-200
Published: 2017-09-21
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

google:android

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100658
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-09-01
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100658
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-09-01

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