What is CVE-2017-10996?

CVE-2017-10996 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, classified as a Information Exposure flaw (CWE-200). CVE-2017-10996 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2017-10996?

CVE-2017-10996 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2017-10996?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2017-10996. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2017-10996 actively exploited?

CVE-2017-10996 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Information Exposure (CWE-200)?

The product exposes sensitive information to an actor not authorised to see it. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html

CVE-2017-10996

Medium

In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, out of bounds access is possible in c_show(), due to compat_hwcap_str[] not being NULL-terminated. This error is not fatal, however the device might crash/reboot with memory violation/out of bounds access.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2017-09-21

Last modified 2026-05-13

CVSS version 3.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.0 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Vector string

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness type

CWE-200

CVE-2017-10996 is a Information Exposure vulnerability

What is Information Exposure?

The product exposes sensitive information to an actor not authorised to see it. Learn more on MITRE CWE

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2017-10996 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100658

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Kernel patch commit
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-09-01
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2017-10996

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.0

Published 2017-09-21

Modified 2026-05-13

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-10996?

CVE-2017-10996 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 , classified as an Information Exposure flaw (CWE-200) . CVE-2017-10996 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2017-10996?

CVE-2017-10996 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.0). The vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2017-10996?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2017-10996. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2017-10996 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2017-10996 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.
What is Information Exposure (CWE-200)?

The product exposes sensitive information to an actor not authorised to see it. View CWE-200 on MITRE CWE →