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CVE-2017-9725

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-9725 describes a critical vulnerability in Qualcomm products utilizing Android releases from CAF with the Linux kernel. During DMA allocation, an incorrect data type for size leads to truncation, causing successful allocation when it should fail. This flaw carries a CVSSv3 score of 7.8 (High), indicating that an attacker with local access could achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.23%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
65.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0123 is in the 63rd percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

googlepatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:3.10.0-862.rt56.804.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-862.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Extended Update SupportFixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-693.25.2.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2Fixed in: kernel-rt-1:3.10.0-693.25.2.rt56.612.el6rt
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-9725Moderate

kernel: Incorrect type conversion for size during dma allocation

Oct 12, 2015

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:0676
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:1062
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:1130
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:1170
source.android.com / security/bulletin/2017-09-01
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/100658
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry