PT-2017-3214 · FFmpeg+1 · Libmpeg2+1

Published 2017-11-01 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-0834

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 8.0

Description The issue is related to a remote code execution vulnerability in the Android media framework, specifically in the libmpeg2 library. This vulnerability is associated with inadequate access control. An attacker can exploit this issue by using a specially crafted file to execute arbitrary code in the context of a privileged process.

Recommendations For Android versions 6.0 through 8.0, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Improper Access Control

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-02646

CVE-2017-0834

Affected Products

Android

Libmpeg2

References · 9

• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-11-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-0834 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0834 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-0834 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-0834 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-0834 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-02646 · Security Note
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libmpeg2/+/89b4c1cf9e2d18c27c2d9c8c7504e5e2d79ef289 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/101717 · Note