Buffer overflow in Google Android - CVE-2016-1621
Published: March 12, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40414
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-2016-1621
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.
libvpx in mediaserver in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.x before 5.1.1 LMY49H, and 6.0 before 2016-03-01 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted media file, related to libwebm/mkvparser.cpp and other files, aka internal bug 23452792.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-1621
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179128.html
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-03-01.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84239
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libvpx/+/04839626ed859623901ebd3a5fd483982186b59d
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libvpx/+/5a9753fca56f0eeb9f61e342b2fccffc364f9426
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/5a6788730acfc6fd8f4a6ef89d2c376572a26b55
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-09