PT-2016-5694 · Google · Android

Published 2016-09-11 · Updated 2017-08-13 · CVE-2016-3862

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 4.x through 4.4.3 Android versions 5.0.x through 5.0.1 Android versions 5.1.x through 5.1.0 Android versions 6.x before 2016-09-01

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 caused by improper interaction with static variables in libjhead jni.

Recommendations For Android versions 4.x through 4.4.3, update to version 4.4.4 or later. For Android versions 5.0.x through 5.0.1, update to version 5.0.2 or later. For Android versions 5.1.x through 5.1.0, update to version 5.1.1 or later. For Android versions 6.x before 2016-09-01, update to a version released on or after 2016-09-01.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-3862

Affected Products

Android

References · 8

• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3862 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3862 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3862 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3862 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3862 · Security Note
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/e739d9ca5469ed30129d0fa228e3d0f2878671ac · Patch
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1036763 · Note