CVE-2017-13168 (GCVE-0-2017-13168)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-12-06 14:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 20:53
VLAI
Summary
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the kernel scsi driver. Product: Android. Versions: Android kernel. Android ID A-65023233.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Elevation of privilege
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3753-2/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3820-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3820-2/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixe… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3822-2/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3753-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3822-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3820-3/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Google Inc. Android Affected: Android kernel
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Date Public
2017-12-04 00:00
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