CVE-2016-2416

Critical

Published: 18/04/2016(UTC)Translated: 15/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Summary

The BufferQueueConsumer library in mediaserver in Android versions before 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, and 6.x before April 1, 2016, does not check for the android.permission.DUMP permission. This allows attackers to obtain sensitive information and bypass an unspecified protection mechanism via a dump request.

Risk Assessment

Attackers may gain access to sensitive data, potentially leading to user privacy violations and system attacks.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Android system to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and implement additional permission checks in applications.

Original NVD description (English source)

libs/gui/BufferQueueConsumer.cpp in 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 2016-04-01 does not check for the android.permission.DUMP permission, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information, and consequently bypass an unspecified protection mechanism, via a dump request, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka internal bug 27046057.