PT-2016-1807 · Google · Android

Marco Nelissen · Published 2016-04-18 · Updated 2017-09-08 · CVE-2016-2417

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

10

Critical

Base vector

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

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 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory and bypass an unspecified protection mechanism via unspecified vectors. This can be demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access. The vulnerability is related to the media/libmedia/IOMX.cpp component in the mediaserver of the Android operating system, which does not initialize a parameter data structure.

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 after 2016-04-01.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-01140

CVE-2016-2417

Affected Products

Android

References · 9

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/39685 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2417 · Security Note
• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2417 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2417 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2417 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01140 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-2417 · Vendor Advisory
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/1171e7c047bf79e7c93342bb6a812c9edd86aa84 · Note