CVE-2017-0501

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in MediaTek components, including the M4U driver, sound driver, touchscreen driver, GPU driver, and Command Queue driver, 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: N/A. Android ID: A-28430015. References: M-ALPS02708983.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Mar 8, 2017
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

Related CVEs from 2017

CVE-2017-05027.8An elevation of privilege vulnerability in MediaTek components, including the M4U driver, sound driver, touchscreen driver, GPU driver, and CVE-2017-05037.8An elevation of privilege vulnerability in MediaTek components, including the M4U driver, sound driver, touchscreen driver, GPU driver, and CVE-2017-05047.8An elevation of privilege vulnerability in MediaTek components, including the M4U driver, sound driver, touchscreen driver, GPU driver, and CVE-2017-05057.8An elevation of privilege vulnerability in MediaTek components, including the M4U driver, sound driver, touchscreen driver, GPU driver, and CVE-2017-05067.8An elevation of privilege vulnerability in MediaTek components, including the M4U driver, sound driver, touchscreen driver, GPU driver, and CVE-2017-05077.8An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the kernel ION subsystem could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code witCVE-2017-05087.8An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the kernel ION subsystem could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code witCVE-2017-05097.8An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Broadcom Wi-Fi driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code wiCVE-2017-05107.8An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the kernel FIQ debugger could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code withCVE-2017-05167.0An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm input hardware driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrarCVE-2017-05177.0An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the MediaTek hardware sensor driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitraCVE-2017-05187.0An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm fingerprint sensor driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbi
CVE-2017-0501: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix