What is CVE-2017-9676?

CVE-2017-9676 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2017-09-21.

How severe is CVE-2017-9676?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.

Use After Free in Google Android

CVE-2017-9676

In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, potential use after free scenarios and race conditions can occur when accessing global static variables without using a lock.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (18.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-06.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 18th percentile — 18.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9676?: CVE-2017-9676 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2017-09-21.
How severe is CVE-2017-9676?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.