What is CVE-2017-11001?

CVE-2017-11001 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-09-21.

How severe is CVE-2017-11001?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Google Android

CVE-2017-11001

In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, the length of the MAC address is not checked which may cause out of bounds read.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2017-09-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (28.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-07.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 28.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-09-01 (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/100658 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-11001?: CVE-2017-11001 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-09-21.
How severe is CVE-2017-11001?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.