CVE-2017-0505

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in MediaTek components, including the M4U driver, sound driver, touchscreen driver, GPU driver, and Command Queue driver, could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as Critical due to the possibility of a local permanent device compromise, which may require reflashing the operating system to repair the device. Product: Android. Versions: N/A. Android ID: A-31822282. References: M-ALPS02992041.

Score

CVSS 3.0 7.8 High

Status

Modified - security@android.com

Published

2017-03-08

Last modified

2024-08-05

Affected products

• Android (Google)
• Android (Google Inc.)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96726
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037968
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01.html