What is CVE-2017-9681?

CVE-2017-9681 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-03-30.

How severe is CVE-2017-9681?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Google Android

CVE-2017-9681

In Android before 2017-08-05 on Qualcomm MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, and all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, if kernel memory address is passed from userspace through iris_vidioc_s_ext_ctrls ioctl, it will print kernel address data. A user could set it to an arbitrary kernel address, hence information disclosure (for kernel) could occur.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2018-03-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (35.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 35th percentile — 35.1% 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
Qualcomm, Inc. Android For Msm, Firefox OS Qrd — versions All Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-08-01 (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/100210 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9681?: CVE-2017-9681 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-03-30.
How severe is CVE-2017-9681?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.