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    CVE-2017-0553

    An elevation of privilege vulnerability in libnl could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the Wi-Fi service. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process and is mitigated by current platform configurations. Product: Android. Versions: 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1. Android ID: A-32342065. NOTE: this issue also exists in the upstream libnl before 3.3.0 library.

    Published:Feb 7, 2017
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:Apr 7, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.00421
    CVSS Score:7

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Google
    Product
    Android
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-92 Forced Integer Overflow

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    References

    http://git.infradead.org/users/tgr/libnl.git/commit/3e18948f17148e6a3c4255bdeaaf01ef6081ceeb
    http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/libnl/2017-May/002313.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97340
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3311-2
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2299
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6VCF5KS6HOJZLFIY2ZSXSVSDQX65A2PU/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KIHASXRQO2YTQPKVP4VGIB2XHPANG6YX/
    https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3311-1/
    http://git.infradead.org/users/tgr/libnl.git/commit/3e18948f17148e6a3c4255bdeaaf01ef6081ceeb
    http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/libnl/2017-May/002313.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97340
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3311-2
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2299
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6VCF5KS6HOJZLFIY2ZSXSVSDQX65A2PU/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KIHASXRQO2YTQPKVP4VGIB2XHPANG6YX/
    https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3311-1/

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High