CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-0846

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The IMemory Native Interface in Android has a vulnerability that improperly considers heap size, allowing attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could gain access to system-level permissions, posing a significant security risk to Android devices.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Android to version 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

libs/binder/IMemory.cpp in the IMemory Native Interface 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 2016-04-01 does not properly consider the heap size, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka internal bug 26877992.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS