Critical Denial of Service Vulnerability in Android's Hardware HEVC Decoder

CVE-2017-13214 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

In the hardware HEVC decoder, some media files could cause a page fault. 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: Android kernel. Android ID: A-38495900.

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