PT-2016-5725 · Google · Android

Pablo Ceballos · Published 2016-09-11 · Updated 2017-08-13 · CVE-2016-3895

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions prior to 2016-09-01 (6.x and 7.0)

Description The issue is related to an integer overflow in the Region::unflatten function, which can be exploited by attackers to obtain sensitive information. This can be achieved by using a crafted application.

Recommendations For Android 6.x and 7.0, update to a version released after 2016-09-01 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Integer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

CWE-190

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-3895

Affected Products

Android

References · 8

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3895 · Vendor Advisory
• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3895 · Security Note
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/native/+/363247929c35104b3e5ee9e637e9dcf579080aee · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3895 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3895 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3895 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1036763 · Note