PT-2018-5538 · Google · Android

Published 2018-04-04 · Updated 2018-05-08 · CVE-2017-13251

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Android versions 6.0 through 8.1

Description: The issue is related to a missing bounds check in the impeg2d dec pic data thread function of impeg2d dec hdr.c, which could lead to a local escalation of privilege when running multi-threaded. No additional execution privileges are needed, but user interaction is required for exploitation.

Recommendations: For Android versions 6.0 through 8.1, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-13251

Affected Products

Android

References · 4

• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-03-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-13251 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13251 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/103255 · Note