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CVE-2016-2459

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

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5.5
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6
Source: NVD

Description

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 2016-05-01 does not initialize certain data structures, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, related to IGraphicBufferConsumer.cpp and IGraphicBufferProducer.cpp, aka internal bug 27556038.

Affected (22)

Products: Google: Android
Google
1 product
Android
Configuration A
22 vulnerable · 9 platform
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Google
Android
Version 4.0.1
Android
Version 4.0.2
Android
Version 4.0.3
Android
Version 4.0.4
Android
Version 4.0
Android
Version 4.1.1
Android
Version 4.1.2
Android
Version 4.1
Android
Version 4.2.1
Android
Version 4.2.2
Android
Version 4.2
Android
Version 4.3.1
Android
Version 4.3
Android
Version 4.4.1
Android
Version 4.4.2
Android
Version 4.4.3
Android
Version 4.4
Android
Version 5.0.1
Android
Version 5.0
Android
Version 5.1
Android
Version 6.0.1
Android
Version 6.0
Running on/withPlatform Versions
Google
Android One
All versions
Google
Nexus 5
All versions
Google
Nexus 5x
All versions
Google
Nexus 6
All versions
Google
Nexus 6p
All versions
Google
Nexus 7 (2013)
All versions
Google
Nexus 9
All versions
Google
Nexus Player
All versions
Google
Pixel C
All versions

Related CWEs

CWE-200
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

References (4)

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

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