CVE-2017-13181: Google Android

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the doGetThumb and getThumbnail functions of MtpServer, there is a possible double free due to not NULLing out a freed pointer. This could lead to an local elevation of privilege enabling code execution as a privileged process with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Product: Android. Versions: 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1. Android ID: A-67864232.

Affected products

• Google Android: version 7.0 only; version 7.1.1 only; version 7.1.2 only; version 8.0 only; version 8.1 only

Published 2018-01-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.