PT-2017-2677 · Google · Android

Zinuo Han · Published 2017-04-21 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-0721

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 6.0 through 7.1.2

Description The issue is related to insufficient access control in the media framework of the Android operating system, specifically in libmpeg2. This can be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Recommendations For Android versions 6.0 through 7.1.2, 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.

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-01905

CVE-2017-0721

Affected Products

Android

References · 5

• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-08-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-0721 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0721 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-01905 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/100204 · Note