First published: Tue Jan 03 2017(Updated: )
An information disclosure vulnerability in visualizer/EffectVisualizer.cpp in libeffects in Mediaserver could enable a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels. This issue is rated as Moderate because it could be used to access sensitive data without permission. Product: Android. Versions: 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1. Android ID: A-31781965.
Credit: security@android.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Google Android | =4.0 | |
Google Android | =4.0.1 | |
Google Android | =4.0.2 | |
Google Android | =4.0.3 | |
Google Android | =4.0.4 | |
Google Android | =4.1 | |
Google Android | =4.1.2 | |
Google Android | =4.2 | |
Google Android | =4.2.1 | |
Google Android | =4.2.2 | |
Google Android | =4.3 | |
Google Android | =4.3.1 | |
Google Android | =4.4 | |
Google Android | =4.4.1 | |
Google Android | =4.4.2 | |
Google Android | =4.4.3 | |
Google Android | =4.4.4 | |
Google Android | =5.0 | |
Google Android | =5.0.1 | |
Google Android | =5.0.2 | |
Google Android | =5.1 | |
Google Android | =5.1.0 | |
Google Android | =5.1.1 | |
Google Android | =6.0 | |
Google Android | =6.0.1 | |
Google Android | =7.0 | |
Google Android | =7.1.0 | |
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/557bd7bfe6c4895faee09e46fc9b5304a956c8b7
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The severity of CVE-2017-0396 is rated as Moderate due to its potential for information disclosure.
To fix CVE-2017-0396, it is recommended to apply security patches provided by Google for affected Android versions.
CVE-2017-0396 affects multiple versions of Android including 4.0 to 7.1.0.
CVE-2017-0396 is an information disclosure vulnerability that allows unauthorized access to sensitive data.
No, CVE-2017-0396 requires a local malicious application to exploit the vulnerability.