CVE-2017-0569 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Broadcom Wi-Fi driver affecting Android devices running Linux Kernel versions 3.10 and 3.18. A local malicious application could exploit a heap overflow in the 'dhd_handle_swc_evt' function to execute arbitrary code within the kernel's context. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.0 (High), indicating a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires a user interaction and a compromised privileged process to be exploited. While there is an ExploitDB entry (EDB-41808) detailing a heap overflow, there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit or Nuclei modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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