CVE-2017-13166 Memory corruption in Android

What is CVE-2017-13166?

CVE-2017-13166 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Android, published on 6 Dec 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the kernel v4l2 video driver. Product: Android. Versions: Android kernel. Android ID A-34624167.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-13166?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2017-13166?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2017-13166 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-13166 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 DEBIAN-CVE-2017-13166, GHSA-2pcq-w3mf-59w2, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13166.