CVE-2017-0386 — libnl: Privilege escalation due to insufficient data checks in nla_reserve and nla_put

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HIGH

libnl: Privilege escalation due to insufficient data checks in nla_reserve and nla_put

Published Jan 12, 2017

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 1.15%

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the libnl library could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process. This issue is rated as High because it could be used to gain local access to elevated capabilities, which are not normally accessible to a third-party application. Product: Android. Versions: 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1. Android ID: A-32255299.

Affected products

Vendor Google Inc. Product Android Default
n/a
- Version
  Android-5.0.2
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -
- Version
  Android-5.1.1
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -
- Version
  Android-6.0
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -
- Version
  Android-6.0.1
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -
- Version
  Android-7.0
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -
- Version
  Android-7.1
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

Google Inc.

Android

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
Android-5.0.2	affected	-
Android-5.1.1	affected	-
Android-6.0	affected	-
Android-6.0.1	affected	-
Android-7.0	affected	-
Android-7.1	affected	-

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

libnl

Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

libnl

Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

libnl3

Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

libnl

Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

libnl3

Not affected

Product	Package	State	Advisory
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5	libnl	Not affected	n/a
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	libnl	Not affected	n/a
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	libnl3	Not affected	n/a
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	libnl	Not affected	n/a
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	libnl3	Not affected	n/a

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.15% 0.01149

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01149

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4

Table of values (12 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 2, 2026	1.15% (0.01149)	65.71th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.99% (0.00989)	57.77th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 30, 2025	0.34% (0.00337)	53.55th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	3.00% (0.03002)	77.59th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Jul 20, 2024	0.07% (0.00071)	31.41th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 17, 2024	0.07% (0.00071)	31.41th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Sep 3, 2023	0.07% (0.00071)	29.36th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.07% (0.00066)	26.90th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.10% (0.01102)	53.65th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.10% (0.01102)	28.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	0.45% (0.00453)	10.88th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	0.45% (0.00453)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-190

Integer Overflow

References (6)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95256
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-0386
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1414304
Issue Tracking
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0386
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-0386

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95256		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-0386		Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1414304		Issue Tracking
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0386
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-0386