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CVE-2016-3741

The H.264 decoder in mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-07-01 does not initialize certain slice data, which allows remote attackers to…

Published 10 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
9.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.4%
percentile 73%
Public exploits
0
none known

The H.264 decoder in mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-07-01 does not initialize certain slice 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 28165661.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.41% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.09.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.07.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

  • source.android.com /security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • android.googlesource.com /platform/external/libavc/+/e629194c62a9a129ce378e08cb1059a8a53f1795 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • android.googlesource.com /platform/external/libavc/+/cc676ebd95247646e67907ccab150fb77a847335 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

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