CVE-2017-13233 Denial of service in Android

What is CVE-2017-13233?

CVE-2017-13233 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Android, published on 12 Feb 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

In ihevcd_ctb_boundary_strength_pbslice of libhevc, there is possible resource exhaustion. This could lead to a remote temporary denial of service with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is 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-62851602.

Weakness: CWE-400

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-13233?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2017-13233?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-13233 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-2017-13233 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-13233 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-8h33-mjwc-h5fw.