CVE-2017-10996

MEDIUM

Android < 8.0 - Information Exposure via Unterminated compat_hwcap_str in c_show()

Title source: llm

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.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

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

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

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

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0043

EPSS Percentile 34.7%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Details

CWE

CWE-200

Status published

Products (1)

google/android < 8.0

Published Sep 21, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026