CVE-2017-0520

high

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm crypto engine driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-31750232. References: QC-CR#1082636.

References

https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.18/commit/?id=eb2aad752c43f57e88ab9b0c3c5ee7b976ee31dd

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01.html

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037968

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96804

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-03-08

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0024