CVE-2017-0623: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.0. EPSS: 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the HTC bootloader could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the bootloader. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-32512358.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: version 3.18 only

Published 2017-05-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.