PT-2017-6697 · Google · Android

Published 2017-08-07 · Updated 2017-08-09 · CVE-2015-3839

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions prior to 5.1.1

Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a NULL pointer exception and process crash, due to a problem in the updateMessageStatus function.

Recommendations For versions prior to 5.1.1, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-3839

Affected Products

Android

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3839 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/100158 · Note
• https://huntcve.github.io/2017/02/13/cveupdate · Note
• http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/two-new-android-bugs-mess-up-messaging-may-lead-to-multiple-send-charges · Note
• http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/os-x-zero-days-on-the-rise-a-2015-midyear-review-on-advanced-attack-surfaces · Note