CVE-2017-16905

HighCVSS 8.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The DuoLingo TinyCards application before 1.0 for Android has one use of unencrypted HTTP, which allows remote attackers to spoof content, and consequently achieve remote code execution, via a man-in-the-middle attack.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 8.1/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-94

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://hackerone.com/reports/281605Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2018/01/04/rce-in-duolingos-tinycards-app-for-android-cve-2017-16905/Third Party Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/281605Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2018/01/04/rce-in-duolingos-tinycards-app-for-android-cve-2017-16905/Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jan 5, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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