PT-2017-1188 · Google · Android

Published 2017-02-08 · Updated 2017-07-25 · CVE-2017-0451

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.7

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions Kernel-3.10 through Kernel-3.18

Description An information disclosure issue in the Qualcomm sound driver could allow a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels. This issue requires compromising a privileged process.

Recommendations For Android versions Kernel-3.10 through Kernel-3.18, consider restricting access to sensitive data until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, limiting the privileges of the Qualcomm sound driver may help minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-00299

CVE-2017-0451

Affected Products

Android

References · 9

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-0451 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-0451 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0451 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00299 · Security Note
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-02-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-0451 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-0451 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1037798 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/96108 · Note