PT-2016-2371 · Google+1 · Android+1

Published 2016-07-11 · Updated 2016-07-12 · CVE-2016-3818

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.1

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions prior to 4.4.4

Description The issue is related to insufficient access control in the libc library of the Android operating system. It can be exploited by a remote attacker using a specially crafted file, potentially causing a denial of service, which may result in the device hanging or rebooting.

Recommendations For Android versions prior to 4.4.4, update to version 4.4.4 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-01762

CVE-2016-3818

Affected Products

Android

Libc

References · 7

• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3818 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3818 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01762 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3818 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3818 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3818 · Vendor Advisory