CVE-2016-3820

Published: Aug 5, 2016Modified: May 6, 2026

9.8

Vector

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

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

The ih264d decoder in mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-08-01 mishandles slice numbers, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted media file, aka internal bug 28673410.

Affected (2)

Products: Google: Android

1 product

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Google Android	Version 6.0.1
Google Android	Version 6.0

Related CWEs

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 (6)

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html

Source: security@android.com

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92228

Source: security@android.com

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libavc/+/a78887bcffbc2995cf9ed72e0697acf560875e9e

Source: security@android.com

Issue TrackingPatch

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html

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

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92228

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

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libavc/+/a78887bcffbc2995cf9ed72e0697acf560875e9e

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

Issue TrackingPatch

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