Announcements
- This bulletin has two security patch level strings to provide Android partners with the flexibility to more quickly fix a subset of vulnerabilities that are similar across all Android devices. See Common questions and answersfor additional information:[list]
- 2017-02-01: Partial security patch level string. This security patch level string indicates that all issues associated with 2017-02-01 (and all previous security patch level strings) are addressed.
- 2017-02-05: Complete security patch level string. This security patch level string indicates that all issues associated with 2017-02-01 and 2017-02-05 (and all previous security patch level strings) are addressed.
Security vulnerability summary
The tables below contains a list of security vulnerabilities, the Common Vulnerability and Exposures ID (CVE), the assessed severity, and whether or not Google devices are affected. The severity assessment is based on the effect that exploiting the vulnerability would possibly have on an affected device, assuming the platform and service mitigations are disabled for development purposes or if successfully bypassed.2017-02-01 security patch level—Vulnerability summary
Security patch levels of 2017-02-01 or later must address the following issues.IssueCVESeverityAffects Google devices?
Remote code execution vulnerability in SurfaceflingerCVE-2017-0405CriticalYes
Remote code execution vulnerability in MediaserverCVE-2017-0406, CVE-2017-0407CriticalYes
Remote code execution vulnerability in libgdxCVE-2017-0408HighYes
Remote code execution vulnerability in libstagefrightCVE-2017-0409HighYes
Elevation of privilege vulnerability in Java.NetCVE-2016-5552HighYes
Elevation of privilege vulnerability in Framework APIsCVE-2017-0410, CVE-2017-0411, CVE-2017-0412HighYes
Elevation of privilege vulnerability in MediaserverCVE-2017-0415HighYes
Elevation of privilege vulnerability in AudioserverCVE-2017-0416, CVE-2017-0417, CVE-2017-0418, CVE-2017-0419HighYes
Information disclosure vulnerability in AOSP MailCVE-2017-0420HighYes
Information disclosure vulnerability in AOSP MessagingCVE-2017-0413, CVE-2017-0414HighYes
Information disclosure vulnerability in Framework APIsCVE-2017-0421HighYes
Denial of service vulnerability in Bionic DNSCVE-2017-0422HighYes
Elevation of privilege vulnerability in BluetoothCVE-2017-0423ModerateYes
Information disclosure vulnerability in AOSP MessagingCVE-2017-0424ModerateYes
Information disclosure vulnerability in AudioserverCVE-2017-0425ModerateYes
Information disclosure vulnerability in FilesystemCVE-2017-0426ModerateYes
2017-02-05 security patch level—Vulnerability summary
Security patch levels of 2017-02-05 or later must address all of the 2017-02-01 issues, as well as the following issues.IssueCVESeverityAffects Google devices?
Remote code execution vulnerability in Qualcomm crypto driverCVE-2016-8418CriticalNo*
Elevation of privilege vulnerability in kernel file systemCVE-2017-0427CriticalYes
Elevation of privilege vulnerability in NVIDIA GPU driverCVE-2017-0428, CVE-2017-0429CriticalYes
Elevation of privilege vulnerability in kernel networking subsystemCVE-2014-9914CriticalYes
Elevation of privilege vulnerability in Broadcom Wi-Fi driverCVE-2017-0430CriticalYes
Vulnerabilities in Qualcomm componentsCVE-2017-0431CriticalNo*
Elevation of privilege vulnerability in MediaTek driverCVE-2017-0432HighNo*
Elevation of privilege vulnerability in Synaptics touchscreen driverCVE-2017-0433, CVE-2017-0434HighYes
Elevation of privilege vulnerability in Qualcomm Secure Execution Environment Communicator driverCVE-2016-8480HighYes
Elevation of privilege vulnerability in Qualcomm sound driverCVE-2016-8481, CVE-2017-0435, CVE-2017-0436HighYes
Elevation of privilege vulnerability in Qualcomm Wi-Fi driverCVE-2017-0437, CVE-2017-0438, CVE-2017-0439, CVE-2016-8419, CVE-2016-8420, CVE-2016-8421, CVE-2017-0440, CVE-2017-0441, CVE-2017-0442, CVE-2017-0443, CVE-2016-8476HighYes
Elevation of privilege vulnerability in Realtek sound driverCVE-2017-0444HighYes
Elevation of privilege vulnerability in HTC touchscreen driverCVE-2017-0445, CVE-2017-0446, CVE-2017-0447HighYes
Information disclosure vulnerability in NVIDIA video driverCVE-2017-0448HighYes
Elevation of privilege vulnerability in Broadcom Wi-Fi driverCVE-2017-0449ModerateYes
Elevation of privilege vulnerability in AudioserverCVE-2017-0450ModerateYes
Elevation of privilege vulnerability in kernel file systemCVE-2016-10044ModerateYes
Information disclosure vulnerability in Qualcomm Secure Execution Environment CommunicatorCVE-2016-8414ModerateYes
Information disclosure vulnerability in Qualcomm sound driverCVE-2017-0451ModerateYes
* Supported Google devices on Android 7.0 or later that have installed all available updates are not affected by this vulnerability.
Read more: http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-02-01.html