PT-2017-2070 · Google · Android

Vasily Vasiliev · Published 2017-05-12 · Updated 2017-05-19 · CVE-2017-0589

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 through 7.1.2

Description A remote code execution issue in libhevc in 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 operations.

Recommendations For Android versions 5.0.2 through 7.1.2, update to a version that includes the 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:2017-01237

CVE-2017-0589

Affected Products

Android

References · 9

• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-0589 · Security Note
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libhevc/+/bcfc7124f6ef9f1ec128fb2e90de774a5b33d199 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-0589 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-01237 · Security Note
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-0589 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0589 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-0589 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/98122 · Note