Pixel / Nexus Security Bulletin—January 2018

The Pixel / Nexus Security Bulletin contains details of security vulnerabilities and functional improvements affecting supported Google Pixel and Nexus devices (Google devices). For Google devices, security patch levels of 2018-01-05 or later address all issues in this bulletin and all issues in the January 2018 Android Security Bulletin. To learn how to check a device’s security patch level, see Check and update your Android version.

All supported Google devices will receive an update to the 2018-01-05 patch level. We encourage all customers to accept these updates to their devices.

Note: The Google device firmware images are available on the Google Developer site.

Announcements

In addition to the security vulnerabilities described in the January 2018 Android Security Bulletin, Pixel and Nexus devices also contain patches for the security vulnerabilities described below. Partners were notified of these issues at least a month ago and may choose to incorporate them as part of their device updates.

Security patches

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 Android Open Source Project (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.

Framework

CVE	References	Type	Severity	Updated AOSP versions
CVE-2017-0846	A-64934810 [2]	ID	Moderate	5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0

Media framework

CVE	References	Type	Severity	Updated AOSP versions
CVE-2017-13201	A-63982768	ID	Moderate	5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1
CVE-2017-13202	A-67647856	ID	Moderate	5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1
CVE-2017-13206	A-65025048	ID	Moderate	5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1
CVE-2017-13207	A-37564426	ID	Moderate	7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0
CVE-2017-13185	A-65123471	ID	Moderate	7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0
DoS	High	5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1
CVE-2017-13187	A-65034175	ID	Moderate	7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1
DoS	High	5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1
CVE-2017-13188	A-65280786	ID	Moderate	7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1
DoS	High	5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1
CVE-2017-13203	A-63122634	ID	Moderate	7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1
DoS	High	6.0, 6.0.1
CVE-2017-13204	A-64380237	ID	Moderate	7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1
DoS	High	6.0, 6.0.1
CVE-2017-13205	A-64550583	ID	Moderate	7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1
DoS	High	6.0, 6.0.1
CVE-2017-13200	A-63100526	ID	Low	7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1
ID	Moderate	5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1
CVE-2017-13186	A-65735716	NSI	NSI	7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1
DoS	High	6.0, 6.0.1
CVE-2017-13189	A-68300072	NSI	NSI	7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1
DoS	High	6.0.1
CVE-2017-13190	A-68299873	NSI	NSI	7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1
DoS	High	6.0.1
CVE-2017-13194	A-64710201	NSI	NSI	7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1
DoS	High	5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1
CVE-2017-13198	A-68399117	NSI	NSI	7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1
DoS	High	5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1

System

CVE	References	Type	Severity	Updated AOSP versions
CVE-2017-13212	A-62187985	EoP	Moderate	5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0

Broadcom components

CVE	References	Type	Severity	Component
CVE-2017-13213	A-63374465* B-V2017081501	EoP	Moderate	Bcmdhd driver

HTC components

CVE	References	Type	Severity	Component
CVE-2017-11072	A-65468991*	EoP	Moderate	Partition table updater

Kernel components

CVE	References	Type	Severity	Component
CVE-2017-13219	A-62800865*	DoS	Moderate	Synaptics touchscreen controller
CVE-2017-13220	A-63527053*	EoP	Moderate	BlueZ
CVE-2017-13221	A-64709938*	EoP	Moderate	Wifi driver
CVE-2017-11473	A-64253928 Upstream kernel	EoP	Moderate	Kernel
CVE-2017-13222	A-38159576*	ID	Moderate	Kernel
CVE-2017-14140	A-65468230 Upstream kernel	ID	Moderate	Kernel
CVE-2017-15537	A-68805943 Upstream kernel	ID	Moderate	Kernel

MediaTek components

CVE	References	Type	Severity	Component
CVE-2017-13225	A-38308024* M-ALPS03495789	EoP	High	MTK Media
CVE	References	Type	Severity	Component
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CVE-2017-13226	A-32591194* M-ALPS03149184	EoP	Moderate	MTK

Qualcomm components

CVE	References	Type	Severity	Component
CVE-2017-9705	A-67713091 QC-CR#2059828	EoP	Moderate	SOC Driver
CVE-2017-15847	A-67713087 QC-CR#2070309	EoP	Moderate	SOC Driver
CVE-2017-15848	A-67713083 QC-CR#2073777	EoP	Moderate	Driver
CVE-2017-11081	A-67713113 QC-CR#2077622	EoP	Moderate	WLan
CVE-2017-15845	A-67713111 QC-CR#2072966	EoP	Moderate	WLan
CVE-2017-14873	A-67713104 QC-CR#2057144 [ 2]	EoP	Moderate	Graphics Driver
CVE-2017-11035	A-67713108 QC-CR#2070583	EoP	Moderate	Wireless driver
CVE-2017-11003	A-64439673 QC-CR#2026193	EoP	Moderate	Bootloader
CVE-2017-9689	A-62828527 QC-CR#2037019	EoP	Moderate	HDMI driver
CVE-2017-14879	A-63890276* QC-CR#2056307	EoP	Moderate	IPA driver
CVE-2017-11080	A-66937382 QC-CR#2078272	EoP	Moderate	Bootloader
CVE-2017-14869	A-67713093 QC-CR#2061498	ID	Moderate	Bootloader
CVE-2017-11066	A-65468971 QC-CR#2068506	ID	Moderate	Bootloader
CVE-2017-15850	A-62464339* QC-CR#2113240	ID	Moderate	Microphone driver
CVE-2017-9712	A-63868883 QC-CR#2033195	ID	Moderate	Wireless driver
CVE-2017-11079	A-67713100 QC-CR#2078342	ID	Moderate	Bootloader
CVE-2017-14870	A-67713096 QC-CR#2061506	ID	Moderate	Bootloader
CVE-2017-11079	A-66937383 QC-CR#2078342	ID	Moderate	Bootloader

Functional updates

These updates are included for affected Pixel devices to address functionality issues not related to the security of Pixel devices. The table includes associated references; the affected category, such as Bluetooth or mobile data; and improvements.

References	Category	Improvements
A-68810306	Keystore	Adjusted handling of key upgrades in keystore.
A-70213235	Stability	Improve stability and performance after installing an OTA.

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?

Security patch levels of 2018-01-05 or later address all issues associated with the 2018-01-05 security patch level and all previous patch levels. To learn how to check a device’s security patch level, read the instructions on the Pixel and Nexus update schedule.

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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.

5. Why are security vulnerabilities split between this bulletin and the Android Security Bulletins?

Security vulnerabilities that are documented in the Android Security Bulletins are required in order to declare the latest security patch level on Android devices. Additional security vulnerabilities, such as those documented in this bulletin, are not required for declaring a security patch level.

Versions

Version	Date	Notes
1.0	January 2, 2018	Bulletin published.
1.1	January 5, 2018	Bulletin revised to include AOSP links.
1.2	January 29, 2018	Added CVE-2017-13225.