CVE-2016-2508

high

Description

media/libmediaplayerservice/nuplayer/GenericSource.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 does not validate certain track data, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted media file, aka internal bug 28799341.

References

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/f81038006b4c59a5a148dcad887371206033c28f

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/d112f7d0c1dbaf0368365885becb11ca8d3f13a4

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-07-11

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: 0.00326