Out-of-bounds read in Google Android - CVE-2016-3881
Published: September 12, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40117
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3881
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
Google Android
Google Android
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in The decoder_peek_si_internal function in vp9/vp9_dx_iface.c in libvpx in mediaserver in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, 6.x before 2016-09-01, and 7.0 before 2016-09-01. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (buffer over-read, and device hang or reboot) via a crafted media file, aka internal bug 30013856.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-3881
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.