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CVE-2017-13261
published 2018-04-04

CVE-2017-13261: In bnep_process_control_packet of bnep_utils.cc, there is a possible out of bounds read due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to remote information…

PriorityP356high7.5CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHINAN
EXPLOIT
EPSS
7.43%
93.7th percentile
In bnep_process_control_packet of bnep_utils.cc, there is a possible out of bounds read due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to remote information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Product: Android. Versions: 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1. Android ID: A-69177292.

Affected

17 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
googleandroid
googleandroid
googleandroid
googleandroid
googleandroid
googleandroid
googleandroid
googleandroid
googleandroid
google_incandroid
google_incandroid
google_incandroid
google_incandroid
google_incandroid
google_incandroid
google_incandroid
google_incandroid

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

  • Monitor for L2CAP connections to PSM 15 (BNEP) from untrusted/unpaired Bluetooth devices — the exploit connects over L2CAP PSM 15 without requiring pairing or user interaction.
  • Detect malformed BNEP SETUP_CONNECTION_REQUEST_MSG frames (frame type 0x01, control type 0x01) that are truncated and omit the mandatory 'len' field — this triggers the out-of-bounds read in bnep_process_control_packet().
  • Detect BNEP Compressed Ethernet frames (type byte 0x82: extension flag set + type 0x02) with a crafted extension byte of 0x80 — used to leak heap bytes from com.android.bluetooth via bnep_send_command_not_understood() responses.
  • The exploit requires no user interaction and no elevated privileges on the attacker side — any unauthenticated Bluetooth connection attempt to PSM 15 on an unpatched Android 5.1.1–8.1 device should be treated as suspicious.
  • ·The exploit script must be run as root on the attacker machine; detections targeting the attacker host (e.g., EDR) should note this privilege requirement.

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.07.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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