Input validation error in Google Android - CVE-2017-0873

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Input validation error in Google Android - CVE-2017-0873

Published: December 6, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU37806
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-0873
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

A denial of service vulnerability in the Android media framework (libmpeg2). Product: Android. Versions: 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0. Android ID A-63316255.


Affected software

Google Android
Fedora
weechat

How to mitigate CVE-2017-0873

Install update from vendor's website.

weechat - addressed in versions 1.7.1-1.fc24, 1.7.1-1.fc25, 1.7.1-1.fc26

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