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

The vulnerability of the media codec component mediaserver in the Android operating system exists due to insufficient validation of input data. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code or trigger a service failure memory corruption using a specially crafted...

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

The vulnerability in the media/libmedia/mediametadataretriever.cpp file of the Android operating system’s mediaserver component is caused by a buffer overflow. Exploiting this vulnerability allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a service failure memory corruption using a specially...

The vulnerability of the Android operating system, which allows a perpetrator to obtain confidential information or bypass security mechanisms

The vulnerability of the media/libmedia/IOMX.cpp function in the Android operating system’s mediaserver component is caused by buffer overflow. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a remote attacker to obtain confidential information or bypass security mechanisms...

The vulnerability of the Android operating system, which allows a hacker to increase their privileges

The vulnerability of the media/libmedia/IOMX.cpp function in the Android operating system’s mediaserver component is related to deficiencies in access control. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a malicious actor, operating remotely, to enhance their privileges through a specially created...

Google Patches More Trouble in Mediaserver

Google has re-branded its monthly patch release, bringing a new name and new scope to the newly renamed Android Security Bulletin. While that may be new, the content is definitely familiar. Once again, critical remote code execution Mediaserver vulnerabilities dominate this month’s patches...

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The Android Security Bulletin contains details of security vulnerabilities affecting Android devices. Alongside the bulletin, we have released a security update to Nexus devices through an over-the-air OTA update. The Nexus firmware images have also been released to the Google Developer site...

CVE-2016-2429

libFLAC/streamdecoder.c 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 2016-05-01 does not prevent free operations on uninitialized memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service heap memory corrupti...

CVE-2016-2428

libAACdec/src/aacdecdrc.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 2016-05-01 does not properly limit the number of threads, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service stack memory corruption via...

CVE-2016-2419

media/libmedia/IDrm.cpp in mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-04-01 does not initialize a certain key-request data structure, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory, and consequently bypass an unspecified protection mechanism, via unspecified vectors, as...

CVE-2016-2419

media/libmedia/IDrm.cpp in mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-04-01 does not initialize a certain key-request data structure, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory, and consequently bypass an unspecified protection mechanism, via unspecified vectors, as...

CVE-2016-2418

media/libmedia/IOMX.cpp in mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-04-01 does not initialize certain metadata buffer pointers, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory, and consequently bypass an unspecified protection mechanism, via unspecified vectors, as...

CVE-2016-2418

media/libmedia/IOMX.cpp in mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-04-01 does not initialize certain metadata buffer pointers, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory, and consequently bypass an unspecified protection mechanism, via unspecified vectors, as...

CVE-2016-2417

media/libmedia/IOMX.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 2016-04-01 does not initialize a parameter data structure, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory, and consequently bypass an unspecified...

CVE-2016-2417

media/libmedia/IOMX.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 2016-04-01 does not initialize a parameter data structure, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory, and consequently bypass an unspecified...

CVE-2016-2416

libs/gui/BufferQueueConsumer.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 2016-04-01 does not check for the android.permission.DUMP permission, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information, and consequently bypass an unspecified...

CVE-2016-2413

media/libmedia/IOMX.cpp in mediaserver in Android 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-04-01 does not initialize a handle pointer, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka...

CVE-2016-2413

media/libmedia/IOMX.cpp in mediaserver in Android 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-04-01 does not initialize a handle pointer, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka...

CVE-2016-0841

media/libmedia/mediametadataretriever.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 2016-04-01 mishandles cleared service binders, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service memory corruption via a...

CVE-2016-0841

media/libmedia/mediametadataretriever.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 2016-04-01 mishandles cleared service binders, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service memory corruption via a...

CVE-2016-0840

Multiple stack-based buffer underflows in decoder/ih264dparsecavlc.c in mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-04-01 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service memory corruption via a crafted media file, aka internal bug 26399350...