CVE-2017-0451

MEDIUM

Android Kernel 3.10 and 3.18 - Information Disclosure in Qualcomm Sound Driver

Title source: llm

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2017-0451. PoCs published by ScottyBauer.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This PoC demonstrates a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Android kernel by sending a crafted message to the /dev/voice_svc device. The exploit leverages an unchecked buffer in the voice service driver to trigger a memory corruption.

Description

An information disclosure vulnerability in the Qualcomm sound driver could enable a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-31796345. References: QC-CR#1073129.

Exploits (1)

github WORKING POC 682 stars

by ScottyBauer · cpoc

https://github.com/ScottyBauer/Android_Kernel_CVE_POCs/tree/master/CVE-2017-0451.c

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This PoC demonstrates a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Android kernel by sending a crafted message to the /dev/voice_svc device. The exploit leverages an unchecked buffer in the voice service driver to trigger a memory corruption.

Classification

Working Poc 90%

Attack Type

Lpe

Complexity

Trivial

Reliability

Reliable

Target: Android Kernel (specific versions affected by CVE-2017-0451)

No auth needed

Prerequisites: Access to the target device · Presence of the vulnerable /dev/voice_svc driver

MITRE ATT&CK

T1068 - Exploitation for Privilege Escalation T1548 - Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism

devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 27, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037798

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96108

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-02-01.html

Scores

CVSS v3 4.7

EPSS 0.0057

EPSS Percentile 42.8%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Details

CWE

CWE-200

Status published

Products (5)

google/android < 7.1.1

Google Inc./Android Kernel-3.10

Google Inc./Android Kernel-3.18

linux/linux_kernel 3.10

linux/linux_kernel 3.18

Published Feb 08, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026