PT-2017-1448 · Google · Android

Published 2017-03-08 · Updated 2017-07-17 · CVE-2017-0471

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

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

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

Description A remote code execution issue in Mediaserver could enable an attacker using a specially crafted file to cause memory corruption during media file and data processing. This issue is rated as Critical due to the possibility of remote code execution within the context of the Mediaserver process.

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

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-00588

CVE-2017-0471

Affected Products

Android

References · 10

• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-0471 · Security Note
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0471 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00588 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-0471 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-0471 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-0471 · Vendor Advisory
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1037968 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/96717 · Note