CVE-2017-9680 Information disclosure in All Qualcomm products
An attacker can trigger an uninitialized structure usage in the Qualcomm Linux kernel driver to potentially disclose sensitive information via error logs.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-9680?
CVE-2017-9680 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 18 Aug 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, if a pointer argument coming from userspace is invalid, a driver may use an uninitialized structure to log an error message.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-9680?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2017-9680?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-9680 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2017-9680 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-9680 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fj7j-xmwg-9w4h.