CVE-2017-0648

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the kernel FIQ debugger could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High due to the possibility of a local permanent device compromise, which may require reflashing the...

CVE-2017-0648

CVE-2017-0648 is a local elevation-of-privilege in the Android kernel FIQ debugger. The issue arises from the FIQ debugger and SysRq access enabling arbitrary kernel code execution when exploited by a local attacker via a compromised device. Technical details in the connected sources show the roo...

Nexus 9 vs. Malicious Headphones, Take Two

Nexus 9 vs. Malicious Headphones, Take Two In March 2017 we disclosed CVE-2017-0510, a critical vulnerability in Nexus 9, that allowed for quite unique an attack by malicious headphones. Interestingly, its patch was insufficient. We had responsibly reported that finding CVE-2017-0648 to Google,...