CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-3747

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A use-after-free vulnerability in 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 July 1, 2016, allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can obtain Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, potentially leading to serious security breaches in the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Android system to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Use-after-free vulnerability in 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 2016-07-01 allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka internal bug 27903498.

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