# CVE-2017-0503: An elevation of privilege vulnerability in MediaTek components, including the M4U driver, sound driver, touchscreen driver, GPU driver, and

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-03-08 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- Google Inc. Android: version range not reported

## Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in MediaTek components, including the M4U driver, sound driver, touchscreen driver, GPU driver, and Command Queue 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: N/A. Android ID: A-28449045. References: M-ALPS02710075.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Google Inc. Android, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037968
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96726

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