CVE-2016-2476: Buffer Overflow
First published: Mon Jun 13 2016(Updated: )
mediaserver in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-06-01 does not validate OMX buffer sizes, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka internal bug 27207275.
Credit: security@android.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Google Android | =4.0 | |
| Google Android | =4.0.1 | |
| Google Android | =4.0.2 | |
| Google Android | =4.0.3 | |
| Google Android | =4.0.4 | |
| Google Android | =4.1 | |
| Google Android | =4.1.1 | |
| Google Android | =4.1.2 | |
| Google Android | =4.2 | |
| Google Android | =4.2.1 | |
| Google Android | =4.2.2 | |
| Google Android | =4.3 | |
| Google Android | =4.3.1 | |
| Google Android | =5.0 | |
| Google Android | =5.0.1 | |
| Google Android | =5.1 | |
| Google Android | =6.0 | |
| Google Android | =6.0.1 |
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Reference Links
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-06-01.html
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/0bb5ced60304da7f61478ffd359e7ba65d72f181
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/295c883fe3105b19bcd0f9e07d54c6b589fc5bff
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/94d9e646454f6246bf823b6897bd6aea5f08eda3
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/db829699d3293f254a7387894303451a91278986
- agent/type
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- agent/author
- agent/references
- agent/severity
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/weakness
- agent/description
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/tags
- agent/event
- vendor/google
- canonical/google android
- version/google android/4.0
- version/google android/4.0.1
- version/google android/4.0.2
- version/google android/4.0.3
- version/google android/4.0.4
- version/google android/4.1
- version/google android/4.1.1
- version/google android/4.1.2
- version/google android/4.2
- version/google android/4.2.1
- version/google android/4.2.2
- version/google android/4.3
- version/google android/4.3.1
- version/google android/5.0
- version/google android/5.0.1
- version/google android/5.1
- version/google android/6.0
- version/google android/6.0.1