What is CVE-2017-11040?

CVE-2017-11040 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-2017-11040?

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

Information disclosure in Google Android

CVE-2017-11040

In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, when reading from sysfs nodes, one can read more information than it is allowed to.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.004 (29.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Google Android
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

product-security@qualcomm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
product-security@qualcomm.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-11040?: CVE-2017-11040 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-2017-11040?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.