PT-2017-2050 · Google · Android

Published 2017-05-12 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-0599

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 7.1.2

Description The issue is related to resource management errors in the libhevc service of the Mediaserver application in the Android operating system. It allows a remote attacker to cause a device hang or reboot using a specially crafted file, resulting in a denial of service.

Recommendations For Android versions 6.0 through 7.1.2, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue to prevent remote denial of service attacks.

Fix

Unchecked Return Value

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

CWE-252

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-01217

CVE-2017-0599

Affected Products

Android

References · 9

• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0599 · Security Note
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libhevc/+/a1424724a00d62ac5efa0e27953eed66850d662f · Patch
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-01217 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-0599 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-0599 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-0599 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-0599 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/98134 · Note