What is CVE-2017-11051?

CVE-2017-11051 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-10-10.

How severe is CVE-2017-11051?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Google Android

CVE-2017-11051

In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, information disclosure is possible in function __wlan_hdd_cfg80211_testmode since buffer hb_params is not initialized to zero.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2017-10-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (41.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-07.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 42nd percentile — 41.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android — versions 8.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2017-10-01 (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/101160 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-11051?: CVE-2017-11051 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-10-10.
How severe is CVE-2017-11051?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.