CVE-2017-0393 Denial of service in Android

What is CVE-2017-0393?

CVE-2017-0393 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Android, published on 12 Jan 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

A denial of service vulnerability in libvpx in Mediaserver could enable a remote attacker to use a specially crafted file to cause a device hang or reboot. This issue is rated as High due to the possibility of remote denial of service. Product: Android. Versions: 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1. Android ID: A-30436808.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-0393?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2017-0393?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2017-0393 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-0393 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-0393, GHSA-m55f-r5cm-qv9m, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-0393.