CVE-2016-2454

Published: May 9, 2016Modified: May 6, 2026

5.5

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

The Qualcomm hardware video codec in Android before 2016-05-01 on Nexus 5 devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a crafted file, aka internal bug 26221024.

Affected (1)

Products: Google: Android

Google

1 product

Android

Configuration A

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Google Android	Up to 6.0.1

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Google Nexus 5	All versions

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 (2)

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.html

Source: security@android.com

PatchVendor Advisory

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

PatchVendor Advisory

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