Buffer overflow in Google Android - CVE-2016-10393
Published: March 15, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU37418
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10393
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
Google Android
Google Android
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, when processing a clip with large size values, integer arithmetic overflows, and allocated buffer size will be less than intended buffer size. The following buffer operations will overflow the allocated buffer.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-10393
Install update from vendor's website.