What is CVE-2017-9694?

CVE-2017-9694 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qcacld 2.0 Project, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-03-30.

How severe is CVE-2017-9694?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Qcacld 2.0 Project

CVE-2017-9694

While parsing Netlink attributes in QCA_WLAN_VENDOR_ATTR_EXTSCAN_BSSID_HOTLIST_PARAMS_LOST_AP_SAMPLE_SIZE in qcacld 2.0 before 2017-05-16, a buffer overread could occur.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (31.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 31.8% 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

Qcacld 2.0 Project
Qualcomm, Inc. Android For Msm, Firefox OS Qrd — versions All Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2017/10/20/october-2017-v1 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-2.0/c… (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/100210 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9694?: CVE-2017-9694 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qcacld 2.0 Project, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-03-30.
How severe is CVE-2017-9694?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.