PT-2017-1431 · Google · Android

Published 2017-03-08 · Updated 2017-07-17 · CVE-2017-0488

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.1

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions 6.0 through 7.1.1

Description A denial of service issue exists due to insufficient input validation in the Mediaserver component, allowing an attacker to cause a device hang or reboot using a specially crafted file. This issue is considered high severity due to the possibility of remote denial of service.

Recommendations For Android versions 6.0 through 7.1.1, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue to prevent remote denial of service attacks. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-00571

CVE-2017-0488

Affected Products

Android

References · 10

• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-0488 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00571 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-0488 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0488 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-0488 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-0488 · Vendor Advisory
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/96733 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1037968 · Note