CVE-2016-2494

high

Description

Off-by-one error in sdcard/sdcard.c 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 2016-06-01 allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka internal bug 28085658.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39921/

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/core/+/864e2e22fcd0cba3f5e67680ccabd0302dfda45d

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-06-01.html

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137404/Android-system-bin-sdcard-Stack-Buffer-Overflow.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-06-13

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00424