What is CVE-2017-0771?

CVE-2017-0771 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-09-08.

How severe is CVE-2017-0771?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Google Android

CVE-2017-0771

A denial of service vulnerability in the Android media framework (libskia). Product: Android. Versions: 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2. Android ID: A-37624243.

Published 2017-09-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (24.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-04.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 24th percentile — 24.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.003 · change: -0.002

Affected products

Google Android — versions 7.0, 7.1.0, 7.1.1
Google Inc. Android — versions 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/100649 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-09-01 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-0771?: CVE-2017-0771 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-09-08.
How severe is CVE-2017-0771?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.