{"id":"CVE-2017-0553","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-0553","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:57:30.570Z","title":"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.","description":"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":"2017-04-07T22:59:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:57:55.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@android.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-190"],"affected":["google/android"],"epss":{"score":0.02319,"percentile":0.83364,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.04101,"percentile":0.90328},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.01964,"percentile":0.79476}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.32%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://git.infradead.org/users/tgr/libnl.git/commit/3e18948f17148e6a3c4255bdeaaf01ef6081ceeb","source":"security@android.com"},{"url":"http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/libnl/2017-May/002313.html","source":"security@android.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97340","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"security@android.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201","source":"security@android.com"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3311-2","source":"security@android.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2299","source":"security@android.com"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6VCF5KS6HOJZLFIY2ZSXSVSDQX65A2PU/","source":"security@android.com"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KIHASXRQO2YTQPKVP4VGIB2XHPANG6YX/","source":"security@android.com"},{"url":"https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@android.com"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3311-1/","source":"security@android.com"},{"url":"http://git.infradead.org/users/tgr/libnl.git/commit/3e18948f17148e6a3c4255bdeaaf01ef6081ceeb","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/libnl/2017-May/002313.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97340","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3311-2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2299","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6VCF5KS6HOJZLFIY2ZSXSVSDQX65A2PU/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KIHASXRQO2YTQPKVP4VGIB2XHPANG6YX/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3311-1/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0553","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}