PT-2016-1573 · Google · Libvpx+2

Published 2016-03-12 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-1621

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions 4.x through 4.4.3 Android versions 5.x through 5.1.0 Android versions 6.0 before 2016-03-01

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted media file, related to libwebm/mkvparser.cpp. This is caused by a buffer overflow in the libvpx library of the mediaserver component in Android.

Recommendations For Android versions 4.x through 4.4.3, update to version 4.4.4 or later. For Android versions 5.x through 5.1.0, update to version 5.1.1 LMY49H or later. For Android versions 6.0 before 2016-03-01, update to a version released on or after 2016-03-01.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-00874

CVE-2016-1621

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10422-1

Affected Products

Android

Libvpx

Libwebm

References · 18

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1621 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-1621 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1621 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10422-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1621 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-09 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-00874 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-1621 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1621 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1621 · Security Note
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179128.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/84239 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1621 · Note
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libvpx/+/04839626ed859623901ebd3a5fd483982186b59d · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2464 · Note