PT-2016-5168 · Google · Android

Published 2016-07-11 · Updated 2016-07-12 · CVE-2016-2505

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 2016-07-01 patch

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service due to memory corruption via a crafted media file. This is because a certain section length is not validated.

Recommendations For Android versions prior to 2016-07-01 patch, update to a version that includes the July 2016 security patch to resolve the issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-2505

Affected Products

Android

References · 7

• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2505 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2505 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2505 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-2505 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2505 · Security Note
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/4f236c532039a61f0cf681d2e3c6e022911bbb5c · Note