Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Google Android - CVE-2016-2462

 

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Google Android - CVE-2016-2462

Published: May 9, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU40305
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2462
CWE-ID: CWE-264
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.

OpenSSLCipher.java in Conscrypt in Android 6.x before 2016-05-01 mishandles updates of the Additional Authenticated Data (AAD) array, which allows attackers to spoof message authentication via unspecified vectors, aka internal bug 27371173.


How to mitigate CVE-2016-2462

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources