PT-2017-5796 · Google · Android

Andres Blanco · Published 2017-09-25 · Updated 2018-10-09 · CVE-2014-0997

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Android versions prior to 5.0.1 Android versions prior to 5.0.2 Android 4.4.4 Android 4.2.2 Android 4.1.2

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a device reboot, via a crafted 802.11 probe response frame. This is due to improper exception handling in WiFiMonitor.

Recommendations: For Android 4.4.4, update to a version newer than 5.0.1 to resolve the issue. For Android 4.2.2, update to a version newer than 5.0.1 to resolve the issue. For Android 4.1.2, update to a version newer than 5.0.1 to resolve the issue. For versions prior to 5.0.1 and 5.0.2, update to version 5.0.1 or newer to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-19

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-0997

Affected Products

Android

References · 7

• 🔥 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/104 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/35913 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://coresecurity.com/advisories/android-wifi-direct-denial-service · Exploit
• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130107/Android-WiFi-Direct-Denial-Of-Service.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0997 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/534544/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/72311 · Note