What is CVE-2017-13211?

CVE-2017-13211 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-01-12.

How severe is CVE-2017-13211?

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

Resource exhaustion in Google Android

CVE-2017-13211

In bta_scan_results_cb_impl of btif_ble_scanner.cc, there is possible resource exhaustion if a large number of repeated BLE scan results are received. This could lead to a remote denial of service of a critical system process with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Product: Android. Versions: 8.0. Android ID: A-65174158.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

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: 0.022 (81.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 82nd percentile — 81.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.022 · newest: 0.022 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android — versions 8.0
Google Inc. Android — versions 8.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-01-01 (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/102415 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1040106 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-13211?: CVE-2017-13211 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-01-12.
How severe is CVE-2017-13211?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.