PT-2018-5520 · Google · Android

Published 2018-02-12 · Updated 2018-03-13 · CVE-2017-13231

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 8.0, 8.1

Description: The issue is caused by an out-of-bounds write in libmediadrm due to improper input validation. This could lead to local elevation of privileges without requiring additional execution privileges. User interaction is not necessary for exploitation.

Recommendations: For Android versions 8.0 and 8.1, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue to prevent local elevation of privileges.

Fix

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-13231

Affected Products

Android

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13231 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-13231 · Vendor Advisory
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-02-01 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/102976 · Note