Pixel / Nexus Security Bulletin—October 2017

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 October 05, 2017 or later address all issues in this bulletin and all issues in the October 2017 Android Security Bulletin. To learn how to check a device’s security patch level, see Check & update your Android version.

All supported Google devices will receive an update to the 2017-10-05 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 October 2017 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 bulletin acknowledgements are listed directly in the Android Security Acknowledgements page.

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-2017-0807	A-35056974*	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-2017-0808	A-62301183 [2]	ID	Moderate	7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0

Media framework

CVE	References	Type	Severity	Updated AOSP versions
CVE-2017-0813	A-36531046	DoS	Moderate	7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2
CVE-2017-0814	A-62800140	ID	Moderate	7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0
DoS	High	4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1
CVE-2017-0817	A-63522430	ID	Moderate	4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0
CVE-2017-0818	A-63581671	NSI	NSI	7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0
DoS	High	6.0, 6.0.1
CVE-2017-0819	A-63045918	NSI	NSI	7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0
DoS	High	6.0, 6.0.1
CVE-2017-0820	A-62187433	NSI	NSI	7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0
DoS	High	4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1

System

CVE	References	Type	Severity	Updated AOSP versions
CVE-2017-0822	A-63787722	EoP	Moderate	6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0
CVE-2017-0823	A-37896655	ID	Moderate	4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2

Broadcom components

CVE	References	Type	Severity	Component
CVE-2017-0824	A-37622847* B-V2017063001	EoP	Moderate	WiFi driver
CVE-2017-0825	A-37305633* B-V2017063002	ID	Moderate	WiFi driver

HTC components

CVE	References	Type	Severity	Component
CVE-2017-0826	A-34949781*	EoP	Moderate	Bootloader

Huawei components

CVE	References	Type	Severity	Component
CVE-2017-0828	A-34622855*	EoP	Moderate	Bootloader

Kernel components

CVE	References	Type	Severity	Component
CVE-2017-7187	A-63666227 Upstream kernel	EoP	Moderate	SCSI driver

Motorola components

CVE	References	Type	Severity	Component
CVE-2017-0829	A-62345044*	EoP	Moderate	Bootloader

Qualcomm components

CVE	References	Type	Severity	Component
CVE-2017-9686	A-62827928 QC-CR#1115359	EoP	Moderate	SPS driver
CVE-2017-11050	A-62085265 QC-CR#2064785	EoP	Moderate	WLAN
CVE-2017-11067	A-62058746* QC-CR#2062012	EoP	Moderate	WLAN
CVE-2017-11057	A-37949660* QC-CR#2059812	EoP	Moderate	Camera
CVE-2017-11056	A-37893116* QC-CR#2060504	EoP	Moderate	Crypto driver
CVE-2017-11046	A-37623773* QC-CR#2059656	EoP	Moderate	Audio driver
CVE-2017-11059	A-37284397* QC-CR#2057375	EoP	Moderate	Crypto Driver
CVE-2017-9706	A-34170483* QC-CR#2030399	EoP	Moderate	Video driver
CVE-2017-11048	A-37093119* QC-CR#2052691	EoP	Moderate	Video driver
CVE-2017-9697	A-63868628 QC-CR#2032672	EoP	Moderate	SoC driver
CVE-2017-11051	A-62456806 QC-CR#2061755	ID	Moderate	WLAN
CVE-2017-9715	A-36730104* QC-CR#2054958 QC-CR#2057034	ID	Moderate	WLAN
CVE-2017-11061	A-36816726* QC-CR#2054693 QC-CR#2059701	ID	Moderate	WLAN
CVE-2017-11060	A-36817548* QC-CR#2058447 QC-CR#2054770	ID	Moderate	WLAN
CVE-2017-9717	A-36817053* QC-CR#2051450	ID	Moderate	WLAN
CVE-2017-11052	A-37687303* QC-CR#2061688	ID	Moderate	WLAN
CVE-2017-11054	A-37713609* QC-CR#2061251	ID	Moderate	WLAN
CVE-2017-11062	A-37720349* QC-CR#2058448	ID	Moderate	WLAN
CVE-2017-11055	A-37721426* QC-CR#2061241	ID	Moderate	WLAN
CVE-2017-11064	A-36815952* QC-CR#2054770 QC-CR#2058447 QC-CR#2066628 QC-CR#2087785	ID	Moderate	WLAN
CVE-2017-9687	A-62827190 QC-CR#2016076	EoP	Low	Modem
CVE-2017-11063	A-36716469* QC-CR#2053027	DoS	Low	Camera driver

Functional patches

There are no functional patches included this month.

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 2017-10-05 or later address all issues associated with the 2017-10-05 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	October 2, 2017	Bulletin published.
1.1	October 3, 2017	Bulletin revised to include AOSP links.