PT-2016-1876 · Google · Android

Jean-Michel Trivi · Published 2016-05-09 · Updated 2016-05-10 · CVE-2016-2428

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 2016-05-01

Description The issue exists due to a lack of thread count limitation. This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (stack 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 2016-05-01, update to a version released after 2016-05-01.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-01209

CVE-2016-2428

Affected Products

Android

References · 8

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2428 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2428 · Security Note
• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01209 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2428 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-2428 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2428 · Security Note
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/aac/+/5d4405f601fa11a8955fd7611532c982420e4206 · Note