CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-2480

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The mm-video-v4l2 component in mediaserver in Android does not validate certain OMX parameter data structures, allowing attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can obtain Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, posing a serious threat to system and user data security.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Android to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor applications from unknown sources.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The mm-video-v4l2 vidc component 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 2016-06-01 does not validate certain OMX parameter data structures, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka internal bug 27532721.

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