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CVE-2017-0636

Status: ModifiedHigh (7)—
Severity7High · CVSS 3.0
Exploitation probability0.72 %higher than 53% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the MediaTek command queue 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: N/A. Android ID: A-35310230. References: M-ALPS03162263.

CVSS

Base score
7
Version
3.0
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
0.72 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
53
Score date
10/23/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Google — Android

CWEs

References

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Raw JSON (NVD)

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