CVE-2017-0427: Google Android

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the kernel file system 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: Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-31495866.

Affected products

• Google Android: up to and including 7.1.1
• Linux Linux Kernel: version 3.10 only; version 3.18 only

Published 2017-02-08. Last modified 2026-06-17.