PT-2016-5695 · Google · Android

Wonsik Kim · Published 2016-09-11 · Updated 2017-08-13 · CVE-2016-3863

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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 before 2016-09-01 Android versions 7.0 before 2016-09-01

Description The issue is related to multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the AVCC reassembly implementation in Utils.cpp in libstagefright in MediaMuxer. This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted media file.

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 before 2016-09-01, update to a version released after 2016-09-01. For Android versions 7.0 before 2016-09-01, update to a version released after 2016-09-01.

Fix

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-3863

Affected Products

Android

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3863 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3863 · Vendor Advisory
• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/119a012b2a9a186655da4bef3ed4ed8dd9b94c26 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3863 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3863 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3863 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1036763 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/92817 · Note