CVE-2017-0553

7.0 HIGH
Published: April 07, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026
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Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in libnl could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the Wi-Fi service. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process and is mitigated by current platform configurations. Product: Android. Versions: 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1. Android ID: A-32342065. NOTE: this issue also exists in the upstream libnl before 3.3.0 library.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://git.infradead.org/users/tgr/libnl.git/commit/3e18948f17148e6a3c4255bdeaaf01ef6081ceeb
Source: security@android.com
http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/libnl/2017-May/002313.html
Source: security@android.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97340
Source: security@android.com
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201
Source: security@android.com
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3311-2
Source: security@android.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2299
Source: security@android.com
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6VCF5KS6HOJZLFIY2ZSXSVSDQX65A2PU/
Source: security@android.com
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KIHASXRQO2YTQPKVP4VGIB2XHPANG6YX/
Source: security@android.com
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01
Source: security@android.com
Vendor Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3311-1/
Source: security@android.com
http://git.infradead.org/users/tgr/libnl.git/commit/3e18948f17148e6a3c4255bdeaaf01ef6081ceeb
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/libnl/2017-May/002313.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97340
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3311-2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2299
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6VCF5KS6HOJZLFIY2ZSXSVSDQX65A2PU/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KIHASXRQO2YTQPKVP4VGIB2XHPANG6YX/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3311-1/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.0 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
2.0%
78th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-190

Affected Vendors

google

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