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CVE-2017-0551

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-0551 is a remote denial of service vulnerability in the libavc component of Mediaserver, affecting Android versions 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, and 7.1.1. An attacker could exploit this by using a specially crafted file to cause a device hang or reboot. Rated High severity with a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), it requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) to achieve a high impact on availability (A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:7.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:7.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.16%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
63.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0116 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 5,757 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

googlevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

android.googlesource.com / platform/external/libavc/+/494561291a503840f385fbcd11d9bc5f4dc502b8
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
android.googlesource.com / platform/external/libavc/+/8b5fd8f24eba5dd19ab2f80ea11a9125aa882ae2
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
source.android.com / security/bulletin/2017-04-01
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/97336
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038201