CVE-2017-0517

Severity: high (CVSS 7.0 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-03-08 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the MediaTek hardware sensor 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: N/A. Android ID: A-32372051. References: M-ALPS02973195.

Affected products

Android: through 7.1.1

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96799
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/96799
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037968
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01

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