CVE-2017-0455

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-03-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

An information disclosure vulnerability in the Qualcomm bootloader could help to enable a local malicious application to to execute arbitrary code within the context of the bootloader. This issue is rated as High because it is a general bypass for a bootloader level defense in depth or exploit mitigation technology. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-32370952. References: QC-CR#1082755.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 3.18

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96812
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037968
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/lk/commit/?id=2c00928b4884fdb0b1661bcc530d7e68c9561a2f
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96812
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037968
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/lk/commit/?id=2c00928b4884fdb0b1661bcc530d7e68c9561a2f

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