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CVE-2017-9679

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.5)—
Severity7.5High · CVSS 3.0
Exploitation probability0.56 %higher than 46% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, if a userspace string is not NULL-terminated, kernel memory contents can leak to system logs.

CVSS

Base score
7.5
Version
3.0
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
0.56 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
46
Score date
10/22/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Google — Android

CWEs

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