Android mediaserver security bypass vulnerability

Android is a Linux-based open source operating system jointly developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance OHA. mediaserver is one of the multimedia service components. A security vulnerability exists in the 'BnGraphicBufferProducer::onTransact' function in the...

CVE-2016-0829

The BnGraphicBufferProducer::onTransact function in libs/gui/IGraphicBufferConsumer.cpp in mediaserver in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.x before 5.1.1 LMY49H, and 6.x before 2016-03-01 does not initialize a certain output data structure, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information, and...