CVE-2017-0774 Denial of service in Android

What is CVE-2017-0774?

CVE-2017-0774 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Android, published on 8 Sep 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 the Android media framework (libstagefright). Product: Android. Versions: 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2. Android ID: A-62673844.

Weakness: CWE-252

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-0774?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2017-0774?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-0774 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-2017-0774 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-0774 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-c7xg-cc4q-797m.