CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-2486

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

In libstagefright in mediaserver in Android, there is a vulnerability that does not validate the relationship between allocated memory and frame size. This allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can obtain privileges such as Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, posing a serious security risk to the system.

Recommendation

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

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Original NVD description (English source)

mp3dec/SoftMP3.cpp in libstagefright 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 the relationship between allocated memory and the frame size, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka internal bug 27793371.

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