Android Security Bulletin—July 2017

Published July 5, 2017 | Updated September 26, 2017

The Android Security Bulletin contains details of security vulnerabilities affecting Android devices. Security patch levels of July 05, 2017 or later address all of these issues. Refer to the Pixel and Nexus update schedule to learn how to check a device's security patch level.

Partners were notified of the issues described in the bulletin at least a month ago. Source code patches for these issues have been released to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) repository and linked from this bulletin. This bulletin also includes links to patches outside of AOSP.

The most severe of these issues is a critical security vulnerability in media framework that could enable a remote attacker using a specially crafted file to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process. 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 turned off for development purposes or if successfully bypassed.

We have had no reports of active customer exploitation or abuse of these newly reported issues. Refer to the Android and Google Play Protect mitigations section for details on the Android security platform protections and Google Play Protect, which improve the security of the Android platform.

We encourage all customers to accept these updates to their devices.

Note: Information on the latest over-the-air update (OTA) and firmware images for Google devices is available in the Google device updates section.

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 answers for additional information:
    • 2017-07-01: Partial security patch level string. This security patch level string indicates that all issues associated with 2017-07-01 (and all previous security patch level strings) are addressed.
    • 2017-07-05: Complete security patch level string. This security patch level string indicates that all issues associated with 2017-07-01 and 2017-07-05 (and all previous security patch level strings) are addressed.

Android and Google Play Protect mitigations

This is a summary of the mitigations provided by the Android security platform and service protections such as Google Play Protect. These capabilities reduce the likelihood that security vulnerabilities could be successfully exploited on Android.

  • Exploitation for many issues on Android is made more difficult by enhancements in newer versions of the Android platform. We encourage all users to update to the latest version of Android where possible.
  • The Android security team actively monitors for abuse through Google Play Protect and warns users about Potentially Harmful Applications. Google Play Protect is enabled by default on devices with Google Mobile Services, and is especially important for users who install apps from outside of Google Play.

2017-07-01 security patch level—Vulnerability details

In the sections below, we provide details for each of the security vulnerabilities that apply to the 2017-07-01 patch level. Vulnerabilities are grouped under the component that they affect. There is a description of the issue and a table with the CVE, associated references, type of vulnerability, severity, and updated AOSP versions (where applicable). When available, we link the public change that addressed the issue to the bug ID, like the AOSP change list. When multiple changes relate to a single bug, additional references are linked to numbers following the bug ID.

Runtime

The most severe vulnerability in this section could enable a remote attacker using a specially crafted file to execute arbitrary code within the context of an unprivileged process.

CVE References Type Severity Updated AOSP versions
CVE-2017-3544 A-35784677 RCE Moderate 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2

Framework

The most severe vulnerability in this section could enable a local malicious application using a specially crafted file to execute arbitrary code within the context of an application that uses the library.

CVE References Type Severity Updated AOSP versions
CVE-2017-0664 A-36491278 EoP High 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2
CVE-2017-0665 A-36991414 EoP High 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2
CVE-2017-0666 A-37285689 EoP High 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2
CVE-2017-0667 A-37478824 EoP High 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2
CVE-2017-0668 A-22011579 ID Moderate 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2
CVE-2017-0669 A-34114752 ID High 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2
CVE-2017-0670 A-36104177 DoS High 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2

Libraries

The most severe vulnerability in this section could enable a remote attacker using a specially crafted file to execute arbitrary code within the context of an application that uses the library.

CVE References Type Severity Updated AOSP versions
CVE-2017-0671 A-34514762* RCE High 4.4.4
CVE-2016-2109 A-35443725 DoS High 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2
CVE-2017-0672 A-34778578 DoS High 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2

Media framework

The most severe vulnerability in this section could enable a remote attacker using a specially crafted file to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process.

CVE References Type Severity Updated AOSP versions
CVE-2017-0540 A-33966031 RCE Critical 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2
CVE-2017-0673 A-33974623 RCE Critical 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2
CVE-2017-0674 A-34231163 RCE Critical 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2
CVE-2017-0675 A-34779227 [2] RCE Critical 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2
CVE-2017-0676 A-34896431 RCE Critical 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2
CVE-2017-0677 A-36035074 RCE Critical 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2
CVE-2017-0678 A-36576151 RCE Critical 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2
CVE-2017-0679 A-36996978 RCE Critical 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2
CVE-2017-0680 A-37008096 RCE Critical 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2
CVE-2017-0681 A-37208566 RCE Critical 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2
CVE-2017-0682 A-36588422* RCE High 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2
CVE-2017-0683 A-36591008* RCE High 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2
CVE-2017-0684 A-35421151 EoP High 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2
CVE-2017-0685 A-34203195 DoS High 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2
CVE-2017-0686 A-34231231 DoS High 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2
CVE-2017-0688 A-35584425 DoS High 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2
CVE-2017-0689 A-36215950 DoS High 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2
CVE-2017-0690 A-36592202 DoS High 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2
CVE-2017-0691 A-36724453 DoS High 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2
CVE-2017-0692 A-36725407 DoS High 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2
CVE-2017-0693 A-36993291 DoS High 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2
CVE-2017-0694 A-37093318 DoS High 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2
CVE-2017-0695 A-37094889 DoS High 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2
CVE-2017-0696 A-37207120 DoS High 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2
CVE-2017-0697 A-37239013 DoS High 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2
CVE-2017-0698 A-35467458 ID Moderate 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2
CVE-2017-0699 A-36490809 ID Moderate 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2

System UI

The most severe vulnerability in this section could enable a remote attacker using a specially crafted file to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process.

CVE References Type Severity Updated AOSP versions
CVE-2017-0700 A-35639138 RCE High 7.1.1, 7.1.2
CVE-2017-0701 A-36385715 [2] RCE High 7.1.1, 7.1.2
CVE-2017-0702 A-36621442 RCE High 7.1.1, 7.1.2
CVE-2017-0703 A-33123882 EoP High 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2
CVE-2017-0704 A-33059280 EoP Moderate 7.1.1, 7.1.2

2017-07-05 security patch level—Vulnerability details

In the sections below, we provide details for each of the security vulnerabilities that apply to the 2017-07-05 patch level. Vulnerabilities are grouped under the component that they affect and include details such as the CVE, associated references, type of vulnerability, severity, component (where applicable), and updated AOSP versions (where applicable). When available, we link the public change that addressed the issue to the bug ID, like the AOSP change list. When multiple changes relate to a single bug, additional references are linked to numbers following the bug ID.

Broadcom components

The most severe vulnerability in this section could enable a proximate attacker to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel.

CVE References Type Severity Component
CVE-2017-9417 A-38041027*
B-RB#123023
RCE Critical Wi-Fi driver
CVE-2017-0705 A-34973477*
B-RB#119898
EoP Moderate Wi-Fi driver
CVE-2017-0706 A-35195787*
B-RB#120532
EoP Moderate Wi-Fi driver

HTC components

The most severe vulnerability in this section could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process.

CVE References Type Severity Component
CVE-2017-0707 A-36088467* EoP Moderate LED driver
CVE-2017-0708 A-35384879* ID Moderate Sound driver
CVE-2017-0709 A-35468048* ID Low Sensor hub driver

Kernel components

The most severe vulnerability in this section could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process.

CVE References Type Severity Component
CVE-2017-6074 A-35784697
Upstream kernel
EoP High Networking subsystem
CVE-2017-5970 A-35805460
Upstream kernel
DoS High Networking subsystem
CVE-2015-5707 A-35841297
Upstream kernel [2]
EoP Moderate SCSI driver
CVE-2017-7308 A-36725304
Upstream kernel [2] [3]
EoP Moderate Networking driver
CVE-2014-9731 A-35841292
Upstream kernel
ID Moderate File system

MediaTek components

The most severe vulnerability in this section could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process.

CVE References Type Severity Component
CVE-2017-0711 A-36099953*
M-ALPS03206781
EoP High Networking driver

NVIDIA components

The most severe vulnerability in this section could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process.

CVE References Type Severity Component
CVE-2017-0340 A-33968204*
N-CVE-2017-0340
EoP High Libnvparser
CVE-2017-0326 A-33718700*
N-CVE-2017-0326
ID Moderate Video driver

Qualcomm components

The most severe vulnerability in this section could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel.

CVE References Type Severity Component
CVE-2017-8255 A-36251983
QC-CR#985205
EoP High Bootloader
CVE-2016-10389 A-34500449
QC-CR#1009145
EoP High Bootloader
CVE-2017-8253 A-35400552
QC-CR#1086764
EoP High Camera driver
CVE-2017-8262 A-32938443
QC-CR#2029113
EoP High GPU driver
CVE-2017-8263 A-34126808*
QC-CR#1107034
EoP High Anonymous shared memory subsystem
CVE-2017-8267 A-34173755*
QC-CR#2001129
EoP High Anonymous shared memory subsystem
CVE-2017-8273 A-35400056
QC-CR#1094372 [2]
EoP High Bootloader
CVE-2016-5863 A-36251182
QC-CR#1102936
EoP Moderate USB HID driver
CVE-2017-8243 A-34112490*
QC-CR#2001803
EoP Moderate SoC driver
CVE-2017-8246 A-37275839
QC-CR#2008031
EoP Moderate Sound driver
CVE-2017-8256 A-37286701
QC-CR#1104565
EoP Moderate Wi-Fi driver
CVE-2017-8257 A-37282763
QC-CR#2003129
EoP Moderate Video driver
CVE-2017-8259 A-34359487
QC-CR#2009016
EoP Moderate SoC driver
CVE-2017-8260 A-34624155
QC-CR#2008469
EoP Moderate Camera driver
CVE-2017-8261 A-35139833*
QC-CR#2013631
EoP Moderate Camera driver
CVE-2017-8264 A-33299365*
QC-CR#1107702
EoP Moderate Camera driver
CVE-2017-8265 A-32341313
QC-CR#1109755
EoP Moderate Video driver
CVE-2017-8266 A-33863407
QC-CR#1110924
EoP Moderate Video driver
CVE-2017-8268 A-34620535*
QC-CR#2002207
EoP Moderate Camera driver
CVE-2017-8270 A-35468665*
QC-CR#2021363
EoP Moderate Wi-Fi driver
CVE-2017-8271 A-35950388*
QC-CR#2028681
EoP Moderate Video driver
CVE-2017-8272 A-35950805*
QC-CR#2028702
EoP Moderate Video driver
CVE-2017-8254 A-36252027
QC-CR#832914
ID Moderate Sound driver
CVE-2017-8258 A-37279737
QC-CR#2005647
ID Moderate Camera driver
CVE-2017-8269 A-33967002*
QC-CR#2013145
ID Moderate IPA Driver

Qualcomm closed-source components

These vulnerabilities affect Qualcomm components and are described in further detail in Qualcomm AMSS security bulletins in 2014-2016. They are included in this Android security bulletin in order to associate their fixes with an Android security patch level. Fixes for these vulnerabilities are available directly from Qualcomm.

CVE References Type Severity Component
CVE-2014-9411 A-37473054* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2014-9968 A-37304413* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2014-9973 A-37470982* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2014-9974 A-37471979* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2014-9975 A-37471230* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2014-9977 A-37471087* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2014-9978 A-37468982* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2014-9979 A-37471088* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2014-9980 A-37471029* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2015-0575 A-37296999* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2015-8592 A-37470090* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2015-8595 A-37472411* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2015-8596 A-37472806* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2015-9034 A-37305706* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2015-9035 A-37303626* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2015-9036 A-37303519* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2015-9037 A-37304366* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2015-9038 A-37303027* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2015-9039 A-37302628* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2015-9040 A-37303625* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2015-9041 A-37303518* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2015-9042 A-37301248* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2015-9043 A-37305954* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2015-9044 A-37303520* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2015-9045 A-37302136* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2015-9046 A-37301486* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2015-9047 A-37304367* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2015-9048 A-37305707* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2015-9049 A-37301488* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2015-9050 A-37302137* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2015-9051 A-37300737* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2015-9052 A-37304217* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2015-9053 A-37301249* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2015-9054 A-37303177* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2015-9055 A-37472412* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2015-9060 A-37472807* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2015-9061 A-37470436* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2015-9062 A-37472808* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2015-9067 A-37474000* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2015-9068 A-37470144* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2015-9069 A-37470777* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2015-9070 A-37474001* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2015-9071 A-37471819* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2015-9072 A-37474002* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2015-9073 A-37473407* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2016-10343 A-32580186* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2016-10344 A-32583954* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2016-10346 A-37473408* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2016-10347 A-37471089* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2016-10382 A-28823584* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2016-10383 A-28822389* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2016-10388 A-32580294* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2016-10391 A-32583804* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2016-5871 A-37473055* N/A High Closed-source component
CVE-2016-5872 A-37472809* N/A High Closed-source component

Google device updates

This table contains the security patch level in the latest over-the-air update (OTA) and firmware images for Google devices. The Google device firmware images are available on the Google Developer site.

Google device Security patch level
Pixel / Pixel XL July 05, 2017
Nexus 5X July 05, 2017
Nexus 6 July 05, 2017
Nexus 6P July 05, 2017
Nexus 9 July 05, 2017
Nexus Player July 05, 2017
Pixel C July 05, 2017

Google device updates also contain patches for these security vulnerabilities, if applicable:

CVE References Type Severity Component
CVE-2017-0710 A-34951864* EoP Moderate TCB

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank these researchers for their contributions:

CVEs Researchers
CVE-2017-8263 Billy Lau of Google
CVE-2017-0711 Chengming Yang, Baozeng Ding, and Yang Song of Alibaba Mobile Security Group
CVE-2017-0681 Chi Zhang,Hanxiang Wen, Mingjian Zhou (@Mingjian_Zhou), and Xuxian Jiang of C0RE Team
CVE-2017-0706 Daxing Guo (@freener0) of Xuanwu Lab, Tencent
CVE-2017-8260 Derrek (@derrekr6) and Scott Bauer
CVE-2017-8265 Di Shen (@returnsme) of KeenLab (@keen_lab), Tencent
CVE-2017-0703 Dzmitry Lukyanenka
CVE-2017-0692, CVE-2017-0694 Elphet and Gong Guang of Alpha Team, Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd.
CVE-2017-8266, CVE-2017-8243, CVE-2017-8270 Gengjia Chen (@chengjia4574) and pjf of IceSword Lab, Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd.
CVE-2017-0665 Chi Zhang,Hanxiang Wen, Mingjian Zhou (@Mingjian_Zhou), and Xuxian Jiang of C0RE Team
CVE-2017-8268, CVE-2017-8261 Jianqiang Zhao (@jianqiangzhao) and pjf of IceSword Lab, Qihoo 360
CVE-2017-0698 Joey Brand of Census Consulting Inc.
CVE-2017-0666, CVE-2017-0684 Mingjian Zhou (@Mingjian_Zhou), Chi Zhang, and Xuxian Jiang of C0RE Team
CVE-2017-0697, CVE-2017-0670 Niky1235 (@jiych_guru)
CVE-2017-9417 Nitay Artenstein of Exodus Intelligence
CVE-2017-0705, CVE-2017-8259 Scott Bauer
CVE-2017-0667 Timothy Becker of CSS Inc.
CVE-2017-0682, CVE-2017-0683, CVE-2017-0676, CVE-2017-0696, CVE-2017-0675, CVE-2017-0701, CVE-2017-0702, CVE-2017-0699 Vasily Vasiliev
CVE-2017-0695, CVE-2017-0689, CVE-2017-0540, CVE-2017-0680, CVE-2017-0679, CVE-2017-0685, CVE-2017-0686, CVE-2017-0693, CVE-2017-0674, CVE-2017-0677 V.E.O (@VYSEa) of Mobile Threat Response Team, Trend Micro
CVE-2017-0708 Xiling Gong of Tencent Security Platform Department
CVE-2017-0690 Yangkang (@dnpushme) and Liyadong of Qihoo 360 Qex Team
CVE-2017-8269, CVE-2017-8271, CVE-2017-8272, CVE-2017-8267 Yonggang Guo (@guoygang) of IceSword Lab, Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd.
CVE-2017-8264, CVE-2017-0326, CVE-2017-0709 Yuan-Tsung Lo (computernik@gmail.com) and Xuxian Jiang of C0RE Team
CVE-2017-0704, CVE-2017-0669 Yuxiang Li (@Xbalien29) of Tencent Security Platform Department
CVE-2017-0710 Zach Riggle (@ebeip90) of the Android Security Team
CVE-2017-0678 Zinuo Han of Chengdu Security Response Center, Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd.
CVE-2017-0691, CVE-2017-0700 Zinuo Han of Chengdu Security Response Center, Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd. and Ao Wang (@ArayzSegment) of Pangu Team

Common questions and answers

This section answers common questions that may occur after reading this bulletin.

1. How do I determine if my device is updated to address these issues?

To learn how to check a device's security patch level, read the instructions on the Pixel and Nexus update schedule.

  • Security patch levels of 2017-07-01 or later address all issues associated with the 2017-07-01 security patch level.
  • Security patch levels of 2017-07-05 or later address all issues associated with the 2017-07-05 security patch level and all previous patch levels.

Device manufacturers that include these updates should set the patch string level to:

  • [ro.build.version.security_patch]:[2017-07-01]
  • [ro.build.version.security_patch]:[2017-07-05]

2. Why does this bulletin have two security patch levels?

This bulletin has two security patch levels so that Android partners have the flexibility to fix a subset of vulnerabilities that are similar across all Android devices more quickly. Android partners are encouraged to fix all issues in this bulletin and use the latest security patch level.

  • Devices that use the July 01, 2017 security patch level must include all issues associated with that security patch level, as well as fixes for all issues reported in previous security bulletins.
  • Devices that use the security patch level of July 05, 2017 or newer must include all applicable patches in this (and previous) security bulletins.

Partners are encouraged to bundle the fixes for all issues they are addressing in a single update.

3. What do the entries in the Type column mean?

Entries in the Type column of the vulnerability details table reference the classification of the security vulnerability.

Abbreviation Definition
RCE Remote code execution
EoP Elevation of privilege
ID Information disclosure
DoS Denial of service
N/A Classification not available

4. What do the entries in the References column mean?

Entries under the References column of the vulnerability details table may contain a prefix identifying the organization to which the reference value belongs.

Prefix Reference
A- Android bug ID
QC- Qualcomm reference number
M- MediaTek reference number
N- NVIDIA reference number
B- Broadcom reference number

5. What does a * next to the Android bug ID in the References column mean?

Issues that are not publicly available have a * next to the Android bug ID in the References column. The update for that issue is generally contained in the latest binary drivers for Nexus devices available from the Google Developer site.

Versions

Version Date Notes
1.0 July 5, 2017 Bulletin published.
1.1 July 6, 2017 Bulletin revised to include AOSP links.
1.2 July 11, 2017 Bulletin revised to update acknowledgements.
1.3 August 17, 2017 Bulletin revised to update reference numbers.
1.4 September 19, 2017 Updated acknowledgements for CVE-2017-0710.
1.5 September 26, 2017 Updated acknowledgements for CVE-2017-0681.