{"id":"CVE-2017-10998","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-10998","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:37:20.055Z","title":"If the buffer length is large enough then the address + length operation could overflow and produce a result far below the valid region.","description":"In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, in audio_aio_ion_lookup_vaddr, the buffer length, which is user input, ends up being used to validate if the buffer is fully within the valid region. If the buffer length is large enough then the address + length operation could overflow and produce a result far below the valid region.","published":"2017-09-21T15:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:01:04.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"product-security@qualcomm.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["google/android"],"epss":{"score":0.00435,"percentile":0.37625,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.43%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100658","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"product-security@qualcomm.com"},{"url":"https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-09-01","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"product-security@qualcomm.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100658","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-09-01","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10998","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}