CVE-2017-0422 Denial of service in Android

What is CVE-2017-0422?

CVE-2017-0422 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Android, published on 8 Feb 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A denial of service vulnerability in Bionic DNS could enable a remote attacker to use a specially crafted network packet 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, 7.1.1. Android ID: A-32322088.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-0422?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2017-0422?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-0422 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

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-2017-0422 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-0422 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 GHSA-8hmh-xv5p-r2p5, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-0422.