PT-2017-1899 · Google · Android

Published 2017-04-07 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2017-0539

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 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1

Description A remote code execution issue in the libhevc component of Mediaserver could allow an attacker to cause memory corruption during media file and data processing using a specially crafted file. This could enable remote code execution within the context of the Mediaserver process. The issue is related to a buffer overflow in memory.

Recommendations For versions 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, update to a version that includes the fix for the libhevc component in Mediaserver. 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:2017-01059

CVE-2017-0539

Affected Products

Android

References · 10

• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libhevc/+/1ab5ce7e42feccd49e49752e6f58f9097ac5d254 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-0539 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0539 · Security Note
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-01059 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-0539 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-0539 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-0539 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1038201 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/97330 · Note