CVE-2017-0416

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions 4.4.4 through 7.1.1

Description The issue is related to insufficient access control in the Audioserver of the Android operating system. It allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of a privileged process. This problem is considered high because it can be used to gain access to higher-level capabilities that are not normally accessible to third-party applications. A local malicious application can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process, gaining local access to elevated capabilities.

Recommendations For versions 4.4.4 through 7.1.1, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.