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.

Published 2018-01-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (37.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-04.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 38th percentile — 37.9% 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 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

android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libavc/+/5acaa6fc86c73a750e5f4900c4e… (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-01-01 (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.