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

EPSS: 0.005 (37.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

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

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-2017-9681?: 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.