What is CVE-2017-0815?

CVE-2017-0815 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-10-04.

How severe is CVE-2017-0815?

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

Information disclosure in Google Android

CVE-2017-0815

An information disclosure vulnerability in the Android media framework (libeffects). Product: Android. Versions: 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0. Android ID: A-63526567.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2017-10-04 · 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:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (38.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-07.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 39th percentile — 38.6% 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: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android — versions 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2
Google Inc. Android — versions 5.1.1, 7.0, 5.0.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/f490fc335772a9b14e78997486f4a… (Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-10-01 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/101088 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-0815?: CVE-2017-0815 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-10-04.
How severe is CVE-2017-0815?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.