CVE-2017-0478 Code injection in Android

What is CVE-2017-0478?

CVE-2017-0478 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Google Android, published on 8 Mar 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 remote code execution vulnerability in the Framesequence library could enable an attacker using a specially crafted file to execute arbitrary code in the context of an unprivileged process. This issue is rated as High due to the possibility of remote code execution in an application that uses the Framesequence library. Product: Android. Versions: 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1. Android ID: A-33718716.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-0478?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2017-0478?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-0478 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2017-0478 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-0478 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 2 proofs of concept on GitHub.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-968f-p78m-c25g.