August 2016 Android Security Bulletin

Google today patched more than three-dozen critical vulnerabilities in Qualcomm components embedded in the Android operating system, all of them allowing attackers to gain a foothold on devices to launch further attacks. The Qualcomm-related patches are among dozens in the monthly Android Securit...

CVE-2016-3820

The ih264d decoder in mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-08-01 mishandles slice numbers, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service memory corruption via a crafted media file, aka internal bug 28673410...

The vulnerability of the Android operating system allows a hacker to trigger a service failure or execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of the function in DRMExtractor.cpp of the libstagefright library in the mediaserver component of the Android operating system is caused by a buffer overflow. Exploiting this vulnerability allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a service failure memory corruption...

Google Details Linux Kernel Defenses, New and Old

Developers with Android’s Security Team peeled back some of the layers on the mobile operating system this week; describing the lengths Google goes to protect the Linux kernel. In a post to Google’s Security Blog, Jeff Vander Stoep clarified several mitigations slated for inclusion in Nougat, the...

Android Mediaserver Information Disclosure Vulnerability (CNVD-2016-04824)

Android is a Linux-based open source operating system developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance OHA, of which Mediaserver is a multimedia service component. An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Mediaserver in version 4.x of Android prior to 4.4.4, which can be exploited by...

Andriod Mediaserver Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Android is a Linux-based open source operating system developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance OHA, of which Mediaserver is a multimedia service component. An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Andriod's Mediaserver, which can be exploited by attackers with the help of a...

CVE-2016-3766

MPEG4Extractor.cpp in libstagefright in mediaserver in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-07-01 does not check whether memory allocation succeeds, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service device hang or reboot via a crafted file...

CVE-2016-3766

MPEG4Extractor.cpp in libstagefright in mediaserver in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-07-01 does not check whether memory allocation succeeds, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service device hang or reboot via a crafted file...

CVE-2016-3765

decoder/impeg2dbitstream.c in mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-07-01 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service out-of-bounds read via a crafted application, aka internal bug 28168413...

CVE-2016-3765

decoder/impeg2dbitstream.c in mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-07-01 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service out-of-bounds read via a crafted application, aka internal bug 28168413...

CVE-2016-3764

media/libmediaplayerservice/MetadataRetrieverClient.cpp in mediaserver in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-07-01 allows attackers to obtain sensitive pointer information via a crafted application, aka internal bug 28377502...

CVE-2016-3764

media/libmediaplayerservice/MetadataRetrieverClient.cpp in mediaserver in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-07-01 allows attackers to obtain sensitive pointer information via a crafted application, aka internal bug 28377502...

CVE-2016-3766

MPEG4Extractor.cpp in libstagefright in mediaserver in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-07-01 does not check whether memory allocation succeeds, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service device hang or reboot via a crafted file...

CVE-2016-3765

decoder/impeg2dbitstream.c in mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-07-01 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service out-of-bounds read via a crafted application, aka internal bug 28168413...

Design/Logic Flaw

media/libmediaplayerservice/MetadataRetrieverClient.cpp in mediaserver in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-07-01 allows attackers to obtain sensitive pointer information via a crafted application, aka internal bug 28377502...

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3766

MPEG4Extractor.cpp in libstagefright in mediaserver in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-07-01 does not check whether memory allocation succeeds, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service device hang or reboot via a crafted file...

Out-of-bounds

decoder/impeg2dbitstream.c in mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-07-01 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service out-of-bounds read via a crafted application, aka internal bug 28168413...

Design/Logic Flaw

MPEG4Extractor.cpp in libstagefright in mediaserver in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-07-01 does not check whether memory allocation succeeds, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service device hang or reboot via a crafted file...

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3765

decoder/impeg2dbitstream.c in mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-07-01 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service out-of-bounds read via a crafted application, aka internal bug 28168413...

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3764

media/libmediaplayerservice/MetadataRetrieverClient.cpp in mediaserver in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-07-01 allows attackers to obtain sensitive pointer information via a crafted application, aka internal bug 28377502...