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CVE-2017-10996

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 0.43%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-09-21 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5. It affects Linux, Android.

CVE
CVE-2017-10996
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
0.43%
Linux Android

Original 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.

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