Unscored CVE-2017-0497 EUVD-2017-0851GHSA-7645-r655-55mw

A denial of service vulnerability in Mediaserver could enable an attacker to use a specially crafted file to cause a device hang or reboot.…

Published Mar 8, 2017 · Updated Aug 5, 2024 · Assigned by google_android

Vendor: Google Product: Android Package: android Platform: Android Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

A denial of service vulnerability in Mediaserver could enable an attacker to use a specially crafted file to cause a device hang or reboot. This issue is rated as Moderate because it requires an uncommon device configuration. Product: Android. Versions: 7.0, 7.1.1. Android ID: A-33300701.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected	Fixed
Google	Android	Android-7.0, Android-7.1.1	—

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Ubuntu

Security tracker ↗

Release	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS	android	No fix yet	—

References

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01
1037968 vdb-entry
96795 vdb-entry