CVE-2017-0433

Severity: high (CVSS 7.0 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-02-08 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Synaptics touchscreen driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the touchscreen chipset. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10. Android ID: A-31913571.

Affected products

Android: through 7.1.1
Linux kernel: 3.10

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96061
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037798
https://alephsecurity.com/vulns/aleph-2016001
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-02-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96061
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037798
https://alephsecurity.com/vulns/aleph-2016001
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-02-01.html

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