{"id":"CVE-2017-0563","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-0563","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:03:17.257Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2017-04-07T22:59:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:57:56.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@android.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-345"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00889,"percentile":0.59144,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"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 (0.89%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/May/19","source":"security@android.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97342","source":"security@android.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201","source":"security@android.com"},{"url":"https://alephsecurity.com/vulns/aleph-2017009","source":"security@android.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/alephsecurity/PoCs/tree/master/CVE-2017-0563","source":"security@android.com"},{"url":"https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@android.com"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/May/19","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97342","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://alephsecurity.com/vulns/aleph-2017009","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/alephsecurity/PoCs/tree/master/CVE-2017-0563","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0563","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."}