CVE-2017-0528

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% 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 kernel security subsystem could enable a local malicious application to to execute code in the context of a privileged process. This issue is rated as High because it is a general bypass for a kernel level defense in depth or exploit mitigation technology. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-33351919.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 3.18

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96807
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/96807
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037968
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01

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