CVE-2017-13208 Memory corruption in Android

What is CVE-2017-13208?

CVE-2017-13208 is a critical memory corruption 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 receive_packet of libnetutils/packet.c, there is a possible out-of-bounds write due to a missing bounds check on the DHCP response. This could lead to remote code execution as a privileged 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-67474440.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-13208?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2017-13208?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-13208 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

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

Is CVE-2017-13208 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-13208 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-865h-wr9h-v363.