What is CVE-2017-13189?

CVE-2017-13189 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-01-12.

How severe is CVE-2017-13189?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Google Android

CVE-2017-13189

A vulnerability in the Android media framework (libavc) related to handling dec_hdl memory allocation failures. Product: Android. Versions: 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1. Android ID: A-68300072.

EPSS: 0.005 (37.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Google Android — versions 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1
Google Inc. Android — versions 7.0, 8.0, 7.1.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

security@android.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
security@android.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-13189?: CVE-2017-13189 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-01-12.
How severe is CVE-2017-13189?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.