What is CVE-2017-11089?

CVE-2017-11089 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-11-16.

How severe is CVE-2017-11089?

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

Out-of-bounds Read in Google Android

CVE-2017-11089

In android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a buffer overread is observed in nl80211_set_station when user space application sends attribute NL80211_ATTR_LOCAL_MESH_POWER_MODE with data of size less than 4 bytes

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-11-16 · 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: 0.010 (60.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 60.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android
Qualcomm, Inc. Android For Msm, Firefox OS Qrd — versions All Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

usn.ubuntu.com/3620-2/ (vendor-advisory)
source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2017-11-01 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
usn.ubuntu.com/3620-1/ (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-11089?: CVE-2017-11089 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-11-16.
How severe is CVE-2017-11089?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.