SB2016041816 - Input validation error in Google, Google Android
Published: April 18, 2016 Updated: August 9, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016041816
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2414)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The Minikin library in Android 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-04-01 does not properly consider negative size values in font data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and reboot loop) via a crafted font, aka internal bug 26413177.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/minikin/+/ca8ac8acdad662230ae37998c6c4091bb39402b6
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/minikin/+/f4785aa1947b8d22d5b19559ef1ca526d98e0e73
- https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=192618