High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Feb 8, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

CVE-2017-0438

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm Wi-Fi 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: Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-32402604. References: QC-CR#1092497.

Affected products

Google/Androidv52 versions
Kernel-3.10+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: Kernel-3.10
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=7.1.1
Linux/Kernel2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/96047nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-02-01.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
www.securitytracker.com/id/1037798nvd

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