PT-2018-5562 · Google · Android

Published 2018-04-04 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-13279

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

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

Description: The issue is related to a memory resource exhaustion in the M3UParser::parse function of M3UParser.cpp. This can lead to a remote denial of service, and no additional execution privileges are needed. User interaction is required for exploitation.

Recommendations: For Android versions 6.0 through 8.1, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue to prevent remote denial of service attacks.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-834

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-13279

Affected Products

Android

References · 3

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-13279 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13279 · Security Note
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-04-01 · Vendor Advisory