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CVE-2017-11089

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-11089 is a buffer overread vulnerability affecting Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, and QRD Android releases from CAF utilizing the Linux kernel. It occurs when a user-space application sends an undersized NL80211_ATTR_LOCAL_MESH_POWER_MODE attribute to nl80211_set_station. Rated 7.5 HIGH, this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and can be exploited remotely without user interaction, potentially leading to high confidentiality impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.97%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
58.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0097 is in the 33rd percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

googlepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: kernel

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-11089Moderate

kernel: Out-of-bounds read in nl80211_set_station allows privileged local attacker to cause system crash or possibly code execution

Jul 7, 2017

References

source.android.com / security/bulletin/pixel/2017-11-01
PatchVendor Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3620-1
usn.ubuntu.com / 3620-2