CVE-2017-13197 Denial of service in Android
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in critical system processes by exploiting unjoined slave threads in the HEVC decoder.
- 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-2017-13197?
CVE-2017-13197 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.c function, slave threads are not joined if there is an error. 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: 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1. Android ID: A-64784973.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-13197?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2017-13197?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-13197 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-2017-13197 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-13197 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-qq92-7vmh-v6wx.