CVE-2017-9724: Google Android

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, user-level permissions can be used to gain access to kernel memory, specifically the ION cache maintenance code is writing to a user supplied address.

Affected products

• Google Android: up to and including 8.0

Published 2017-09-21. Last modified 2026-06-17.