Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Google Android - CVE-2017-13189

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Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Google Android - CVE-2017-13189

Published: January 13, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU37667
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-13189
CWE-ID: CWE-770
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
Google Android

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

A vulnerability in the Android media framework (libavc) related to handling dec_hdl memory allocation failures. Product: Android. Versions: 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1. Android ID: A-68300072.


How to mitigate CVE-2017-13189

Install update from vendor's website.

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