CVE-2017-13192 Denial of service in Android

High 7.5 Published Updated

A remote attacker can cause a denial of service in Android by triggering an infinite loop in the video decoder, requiring no user interaction or privileges.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2017-13192?

CVE-2017-13192 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Android, published on 12 Jan 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In the ihevcd_parse_slice_header function of ihevcd_parse_slice_header.c a slice address of zero after the first slice could result in an infinite loop. This could lead to a remote denial of service of a critical system process with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Product: Android. Versions: 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1. Android ID: A-64380202.

Weakness: CWE-835

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-13192?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2017-13192?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-13192 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-2017-13192 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-13192 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-98g5-6p85-3w3c.

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