An elevation of privilege vulnerability in MediaTek components, including the M4U driver, sound driver, touchscreen driver, GPU driver, and Command Queue driver, 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: N/A. Android ID: A-28430015. References: M-ALPS02708983.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0501
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96726
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037968