PT-2016-2132 · Google · Android

Published 2016-06-13 · Updated 2016-06-13 · CVE-2016-2478

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions prior to 4.4.4 Android versions 5.0.x prior to 5.0.2 Android versions 5.1.x prior to 5.1.1 Android versions 6.x prior to 2016-06-01

Description The issue is related to the improper handling of pointers in the mm-video-v4l2/vidc/vdec/src/omx vdec msm8974.cpp file of the Android mediaserver. This can be exploited by a remote attacker using a specially crafted application to gain elevated privileges.

Recommendations For Android versions prior to 4.4.4, update to version 4.4.4 or later. For Android versions 5.0.x prior to 5.0.2, update to version 5.0.2 or later. For Android versions 5.1.x prior to 5.1.1, update to version 5.1.1 or later. For Android versions 6.x prior to 2016-06-01, update to a version released after 2016-06-01.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-01485

CVE-2016-2478

Affected Products

Android

References · 8

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2478 · Vendor Advisory
• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-06-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2478 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2478 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2478 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-2478 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01485 · Security Note
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/hardware/qcom/media/+/f22c2a0f0f9e030c240468d9d18b9297f001bcf0 · Note