CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-2478

7.8 HIGH Published 2016-06-13 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-06-13
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

mm-video-v4l2/vidc/vdec/src/omx_vdec_msm8974.cpp 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 pointers, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka internal bug 27475409.

Affected configurations

• google android 4.0 • google android 4.0.1 • google android 4.0.2 • google android 4.0.3 • google android 4.0.4 • google android 4.1 • google android 4.1.1 • google android 4.1.2 • google android 4.2 • google android 4.2.1 • google android 4.2.2 • google android 4.3 • google android 4.3.1 • google android 5.0 • google android 5.0.1 • google android 5.1 • google android 6.0 • google android 6.0.1

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References