Buffer overflow in Google Android - CVE-2016-11045

 

Buffer overflow in Google Android - CVE-2016-11045

Published: April 7, 2020 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU34590
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-11045
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
Google Android

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with L(5.0/5.1) software. The Gallery library allow memory corruption via a malformed image. The Samsung ID is SVE-2016-5317 (May 2016).


How to mitigate CVE-2016-11045

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources