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CVE-2017-0663

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-0663 describes a remote code execution vulnerability within the libxml2 library, specifically impacting various versions of the Android operating system from 4.4.4 to 7.1.2. An attacker could exploit this by crafting a malicious file, leading to arbitrary code execution within an unprivileged process. Rated as High severity with a CVSS score of 7.8, this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) to trigger, but could result in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). The attack complexity is low (AC:L). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, indicating a low level of public attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.14%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0214 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 11,617 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (7)

googlevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3Fixed in: mingw-virt-viewer
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: mingw-libxml2
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Core ServicesFixed in: libxml2
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libxml2
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: libxml2
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libxml2

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-0663Moderate

libxml2: Heap buffer overflow in xmlAddID

Apr 17, 2017

References

lists.apache.org / thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201711-01
source.android.com / security/bulletin/2017-06-01
Vendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3952
securityfocus.com / bid/98877
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038623