PT-2017-1910 · FFmpeg+1 · Libmpeg2+2

Published 2017-04-07 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2017-0557

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

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

Description An information disclosure issue in the libmpeg2 component of the Mediaserver could allow a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels, potentially leading to unauthorized data access. This issue is considered moderate in severity.

Recommendations For Android versions 6.0 through 7.1.1, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue to prevent unauthorized data access. 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:2017-01070

CVE-2017-0557

Affected Products

Android

Mediaserver

Libmpeg2

References · 10

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-0557 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-0557 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-0557 · Security Note
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libmpeg2/+/227c1f829127405e21dab1664393050c652ef71e · Patch
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-01070 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-0557 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0557 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/97332 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1038201 · Note