CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-2483

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The mm-video-v4l2 venc component in mediaserver in Android versions before 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, and 6.x before June 1, 2016 mishandles a buffer count, allowing attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application.

Risk Assessment

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

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Android system to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and reduce the risk of attacks.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The mm-video-v4l2 venc 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 mishandles a buffer count, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka internal bug 27662502.

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