PT-2016-5729 · Google · Android

Published 2016-09-11 · Updated 2017-08-13 · CVE-2016-3899

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 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 Android versions 7.0 before 2016-09-01

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a device hang or reboot, via a crafted media file. This is due to a failure to validate a certain pointer in OMXCodec.cpp in libstagefright in mediaserver.

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, apply the September 2016 security update. For Android versions 7.0 before 2016-09-01, apply the September 2016 security update.

Fix

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-3899

Affected Products

Android

References · 9

• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3899 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3899 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3899 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3899 · Vendor Advisory
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/97837bb6cbac21ea679843a0037779d3834bed64 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3899 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1036763 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/92821 · Note