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Published May 7, 2018 | Updated May 9, 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 2018-05-05 or later address all issues in this bulletin and all issues in the May 2018 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 2018-05-05 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 May 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-2017-13316 A-73311729 ID Moderate 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1

Media framework

CVE References Type Severity Updated AOSP versions CVE-2017-13317 A-73172046 ID Moderate 8.1 CVE-2017-13318 A-73782357 ID Moderate 8.1 CVE-2017-13319 A-71868329 ID Moderate 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1 DoS High 6.0, 6.0.1 CVE-2017-13320 A-72764648 ID Moderate 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1 DoS High 6.0, 6.0.1

System

CVE References Type Severity Updated AOSP versions CVE-2017-13323 A-73826242 EoP Moderate 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1 CVE-2017-13321 A-70986337 ID Moderate 8.0, 8.1 CVE-2017-13322 A-67862398 DoS Moderate 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1

Kernel components

CVE References Type Severity Component CVE-2018-5344 A-72867809

Upstream kernel EoP Moderate Block driver CVE-2017-15129 A-72961054

Upstream kernel EoP Moderate Network namespace

NVIDIA components

CVE References Type Severity Component CVE-2018-6254 A-64340684* ID Moderate Media server CVE-2018-6246 A-69383916* ID Moderate Widevine trustlet

Qualcomm components

CVE References Type Severity Component CVE-2018-5849 A-72957611

QC-CR#2131811 EoP Moderate QTEECOM CVE-2018-5851 A-72957505

QC-CR#2146869 [2] EoP Moderate WLAN CVE-2018-5842 A-72957257

QC-CR#2113219 [2] EoP Moderate WLAN CVE-2018-5848 A-72957178

QC-CR#2126062 EoP Moderate WIGIG CVE-2018-5853 A-71714212*

QC-CR#2178082

QC-CR#2043277 EoP Moderate Networking subsystem CVE-2018-5843 A-71501685

QC-CR#2113385 EoP Moderate Modem driver CVE-2018-5844 A-71501682

QC-CR#2118860 EoP Moderate Video device CVE-2018-5847 A-71501681

QC-CR#2120955 EoP Moderate Snapdragon display engine CVE-2018-3582 A-72956801

QC-CR#2149531 EoP Moderate WLAN CVE-2018-3581 A-72957725

QC-CR#2150359 [2] EoP Moderate WLAN CVE-2018-3576 A-72957337

QC-CR#2128512 EoP Moderate WLAN CVE-2018-3572 A-72957724

QC-CR#2145996 [2] EoP Moderate Audio CVE-2018-3571 A-72957527

QC-CR#2132332 EoP Moderate Kgsl CVE-2017-18153 A-35470735*

QC-CR#2021363 EoP Moderate Qcacld-2.0 CVE-2017-18070 A-72441280

QC-CR#2114348 EoP Moderate WLAN CVE-2017-15857 A-65122765*

QC-CR#2111672

QC-CR#2152401

QC-CR#2152399

QC-CR#2153841 EoP Moderate Camera CVE-2017-15854 A-71501688

QC-CR#2114396 EoP Moderate WLAN CVE-2017-15843 A-72956941

QC-CR#2032076 [2] EoP Moderate Floor_vote driver CVE-2017-15842 A-72957040

QC-CR#2123291 [2] EoP Moderate Qdsp6v2 CVE-2017-15832 A-70237689

QC-CR#2114756 EoP Moderate WLAN CVE-2018-5852 A-70242505*

QC-CR#2169379 ID Moderate Ipa driver CVE-2018-3579 A-72957564

QC-CR#2149720 ID Moderate WLAN

Functional patches

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; improvements; and affected devices.

References Category Improvements Devices A-68840121 Performance Improve Multitouch Detection All A-72851087 Power Adjust Pixel XL charging behavior Pixel XL

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 2018-05-05 or later address all issues associated with the 2018-05-05 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 Pixel / 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.

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