PT-2017-2043 · Google · Android

Published 2017-05-12 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-0595

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 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1

Description An elevation of privilege issue in libstagefright in Mediaserver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process. This issue could be used to gain local access to elevated capabilities, which are not normally accessible to a third-party application. The vulnerability is related to insufficient access control in the libstagefright service of the Mediaserver application in the Android operating system.

Recommendations For versions 4.4.4, 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 this issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-01210

CVE-2017-0595

Affected Products

Android

References · 9

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-0595 · Vendor Advisory
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/5443b57cc54f2e46b35246637be26a69e9f493e1 · Patch
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-0595 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-0595 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-0595 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-01210 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0595 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/98129 · Note