PT-2018-1045 · Google · Android+1

Published 2018-01-01 · Updated 2018-02-01 · CVE-2017-13177

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

10

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions 5.1.1 through 8.1

Description The issue is caused by a buffer overflow in the libhevc library of the Android operating system. This could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of a privileged process. The exploitation does not require user interaction and can lead to remote code execution with no additional execution privileges needed.

Recommendations For Android versions 5.1.1 through 8.1, 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.

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2018-00349

CVE-2017-13177

Affected Products

Android

Libhevc

References · 6

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-00349 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13177 · Security Note
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-01-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-13177 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/102414 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1040106 · Note