PT-2016-2558 · Google · Android

Published 2016-08-05 · Updated 2016-11-28 · CVE-2016-3829

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 2016-08-01

Description The issue is related to the ih264d decoder in the mediaserver of Android, where certain structure members are not initialized. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a device hang or reboot, via a crafted media file.

Recommendations For Android versions prior to 2016-08-01, update the operating system to a version released after 2016-08-01 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of crafted media files that could exploit this issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-172

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-01950

CVE-2016-3829

Affected Products

Android

References · 9

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3829 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3829 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3829 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3829 · Security Note
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libavc/+/326fe991a4b7971e8aeaf4ac775491dd8abd85bb · Patch
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01950 · Security Note
• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3829 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/92221 · Note