CVE-2017-0551
A remote denial of service vulnerability in libavc in Mediaserver could enable an attacker to use a specially crafted file to cause a…
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- google_android
Description
A remote denial of service vulnerability in libavc in Mediaserver could enable an attacker to use a specially crafted file to cause a device hang or reboot. This issue is rated as High severity due to the possibility of remote denial of service. Product: Android. Versions: 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1. Android ID: A-34097231.
Timeline
ID reserved
By google_android
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 32% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
- Denial of service
Affected products
Android Android-6.0 Android-6.0.1 Android-7.0 Android-7.1.1
- affected Android Android-6.0 Android-6.0.1 Android-7.0 Android-7.1.1
References (5)
- 97336 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libavc/+/494561291a503840f385fbcd11d9bc5f4dc502b8 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libavc/+/8b5fd8f24eba5dd19ab2f80ea11a9125aa882ae2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1038201 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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