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Unscored CVE-2017-0596 EUVD-2017-0950GHSA-5jx2-rp58-679c

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in libstagefright in Mediaserver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary co…

Published May 12, 2017 · Updated Aug 5, 2024 · Assigned by google_android

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in libstagefright in Mediaserver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process. This issue is rated as High because it could be used to gain local access to elevated capabilities, which are not normally accessible to a third-party application. Product: Android. Versions: 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1. Android ID: A-34749392.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Google Android 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 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.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS android No fix yet —

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