CVE-2017-0475

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% 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-20

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the recovery verifier 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: 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1. Android ID: A-31914369.

Affected products

Android: 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.1 (+22)

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96716
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
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96716
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037968
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01

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