PT-2018-5136 · Google · Android

Published 2018-01-12 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-0855

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0

Description The issue is related to memory leaks in the MPEG4Extractor.cpp component. This could lead to a remote denial of service of a critical system process without requiring additional execution privileges. User interaction is not necessary for exploitation.

Recommendations For Android versions 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, update to a version that includes the fix for the memory leak issue in MPEG4Extractor.cpp to prevent potential denial of service attacks. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-772

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-0855

Affected Products

Android

References · 5

• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-01-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-0855 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0855 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/102414 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1040106 · Note