PT-2017-3400 · Google · Android

Published 2017-08-15 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-0838

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2

Description The issue is related to an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Android media framework, specifically in the libstagefright component. This vulnerability is associated with insufficient access control, which can be exploited to elevate privileges.

Recommendations For Android versions 7.0, 7.1.1, and 7.1.2, update to a version that includes the fix for the libstagefright component in the media framework to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2018-00183

CVE-2017-0838

Affected Products

Android

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0838 · Security Note
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2017-11-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-00183 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-0838 · Vendor Advisory