High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 7, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

CVE-2017-0563

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the HTC touchscreen 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: Kernel-3.10. Android ID: A-32089409.

Affected products

Google/Androidv5
Range: Kernel-3.10
Linux/Kernel
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01nvdPatchVendor Advisory
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/May/19nvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/97342nvd
www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201nvd
alephsecurity.com/vulns/aleph-2017009nvd
github.com/alephsecurity/PoCs/tree/master/CVE-2017-0563nvd

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