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CVE-2017-0609

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-0609 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability found in the Qualcomm sound driver affecting Android devices running Linux Kernel versions 3.10 and 3.18. A local malicious application could exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary code within the kernel's context. Rated High with a CVSS score of 7.0, successful exploitation requires an attacker to first compromise a privileged process, making the attack complexity high. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.0HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
71.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0147 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 386 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.0 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

googlepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

source.android.com / security/bulletin/2017-05-01
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/98174
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry