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CVE-2016-2414

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Published: Apr 18, 2016Modified: May 6, 2026

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6.2
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploitability: 2.5 / Impact: 3.6
Source: NVD

Description

The Minikin library in Android 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-04-01 does not properly consider negative size values in font data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and reboot loop) via a crafted font, aka internal bug 26413177.

Affected (6)

Products: Google: Android
Google
1 product
Android
Configuration A
6 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Google
Android
Version 5.0.1
Android
Version 5.0
Android
Version 5.1.0
Android
Version 5.1
Android
Version 6.0.1
Android
Version 6.0

Related CWEs

CWE-20
Improper Input Validation
The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

References (8)

Source: security@android.com
Vendor Advisory
Source: security@android.com
Source: security@android.com
Source: security@android.com
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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