PT-2016-7080 · Google · Android

Lajos Molnar · Published 2016-12-13 · Updated 2019-03-07 · CVE-2016-6720

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 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 2016-11-01 Android versions 7.0 before 2016-11-01

Description An information disclosure issue in libstagefright in Mediaserver could allow a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels, potentially accessing sensitive data without permission.

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 2016-11-01, apply the November 2016 security patch or later. For Android versions 7.0 before 2016-11-01, apply the November 2016 security patch or later.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-6720

Affected Products

Android

References · 11

• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6720 · Security Note
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/0f177948ae2640bfe4d70f8e4248e106406b3b0a · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6720 · Vendor Advisory
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/2c75e1c3b98e4e94f50c63e2b7694be5f948477c · Patch
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/7c88b498fda1c2b608a9dd73960a2fd4d7b7e3f7 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6720 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6720 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6720 · Vendor Advisory
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/640b04121d7cd2cac90e2f7c82b97fce05f074a5 · Patch
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/94143 · Note