PT-2016-1508 · Google · Android+1

Raph Levien · Published 2016-02-07 · Updated 2016-03-14 · CVE-2016-0808

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.2

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions prior to 5.1.1 LMY49G Android 6.x versions prior to 2016-02-01

Description The issue is caused by an integer overflow in the getCoverageFormat12 function in CmapCoverage.cpp of the Minikin library in Android. This can be exploited by a local attacker to cause a denial of service, resulting in continuous rebooting, by loading a specially crafted TTF font via an application.

Recommendations For Android versions prior to 5.1.1 LMY49G, update to version 5.1.1 LMY49G or later. For Android 6.x versions prior to 2016-02-01, update to a version released after 2016-02-01. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the loading of TTF fonts from untrusted sources to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-19

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-00809

CVE-2016-0808

Affected Products

Android

Minikin

References · 8

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-0808 · Vendor Advisory
• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-02-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-0808 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-00809 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0808 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0808 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0808 · Security Note
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/minikin/+/ed4c8d79153baab7f26562afb8930652dfbf853b · Note