What is CVE-2017-13234?

CVE-2017-13234 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-02-12.

How severe is CVE-2017-13234?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2017-13234

In DLSParser of the sonivox library, there is possible resource exhaustion due to a memory leak. This could lead to remote temporary denial of service with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation. Product: Android. Versions: 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1. Android ID: A-68159767.

Published 2018-02-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (49.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-24.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 50th percentile — 49.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android — versions 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1
Google Inc. Android — versions 5.1.1, 7.0, 8.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

References

source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-02-01 (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/102976 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-13234?: CVE-2017-13234 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-02-12.
How severe is CVE-2017-13234?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.