PT-2016-1764 · Google · Android

Published 2016-04-18 · Updated 2016-04-20 · CVE-2016-0841

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 4.4.4 Android versions 5.0.x through 5.0.2 Android versions 5.1.x through 5.1.1 Android versions 6.x before 2016-04-01

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

Recommendations For Android versions 4.x through 4.4.4, update to version 4.4.4 or later. For Android versions 5.0.x through 5.0.2, update to version 5.0.2 or later. For Android versions 5.1.x through 5.1.1, update to version 5.1.1 or later. For Android versions 6.x before 2016-04-01, update to a version released on or after 2016-04-01.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-01090

CVE-2016-0841

Affected Products

Android

References · 8

• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-0841 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01090 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0841 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-0841 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0841 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0841 · Security Note
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/3097f364237fb552871f7639d37a7afa4563e252 · Note