PT-2017-1033 · Google · Android

Published 2017-01-12 · Updated 2017-01-19 · CVE-2016-6773

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 6.0 through 7.0

Description The issue is related to a lack of protection for service data in the ih264d decoder of the Android operating system's Mediaserver. This could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service or have other impacts on the system. Additionally, it may enable a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels, potentially accessing sensitive data without permission.

Recommendations For Android versions 6.0 through 7.0, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue to prevent potential exploitation.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-00078

CVE-2016-6773

Affected Products

Android

References · 8

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6773 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6773 · Vendor Advisory
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6773 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00078 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6773 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6773 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/94707 · Note