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medium 5.5

CVE-2017-0393 json

A denial of service vulnerability in libvpx in Mediaserver could enable a remote attacker to use a specially crafted file to cause a device…

published 2017-01-12 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-0747

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 59%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A denial of service vulnerability in libvpx in Mediaserver could enable a remote attacker to use a specially crafted file to cause a device hang or reboot. This issue is rated as High due to the possibility of remote denial of service. Product: Android. Versions: 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1. Android ID: A-30436808.

Patch / fix

  • libvpx Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.6.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-0393

  • libvpx RHEL 7 1.3.0-8.el7
  • libvpx-utils RHEL 7 1.3.0-8.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:3876

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-0393 updated cvss 5.5

libvpx: Denial of service in mediaserver

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libvpx, libvpx-utils
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) libvpx 1.3.0-8.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) libvpx-utils 1.3.0-8.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) libvpx 1.3.0-8.el7, libvpx-utils 1.3.0-8.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) libvpx 1.3.0-8.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) libvpx-utils 1.3.0-8.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) libvpx 1.3.0-8.el7
    +1 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) libvpx-utils 1.3.0-8.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3876
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 libvpx
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

0.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.1 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected products

  • Google Inc. Android

References

Sources

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