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CVE-2016-2481

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Published: Jun 13, 2016Modified: May 6, 2026

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7.8
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9
Source: NVD

Description

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 2016-06-01 mishandles a buffer count, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka internal bug 27532497.

Affected (18)

Products: Google: Android
Google
1 product
Android
Configuration A
18 vulnerable
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 5.0.1
Android
Version 5.0
Android
Version 5.1
Android
Version 6.0.1
Android
Version 6.0

Related CWEs

CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

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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