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7.8high

CVE-2016-38611 exploit

LibUtils in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, 6.x before 2016-09-01, and 7.0 before 2016-09-01 mishandles c…

Published 10 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
8.3%
percentile 95%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

LibUtils in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, 6.x before 2016-09-01, and 7.0 before 2016-09-01 mishandles conversions between Unicode character encodings with different encoding widths, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) via a crafted file, aka internal bug 29250543.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

8.29% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-40354 Google Android - libutils UTF16 to UTF8 Conversion Heap Buffer Overflow · remote · 2016-09-08

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.07.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.09.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

  • android.googlesource.com /platform/frameworks/native/+/1f4b49e64adf4623eefda503bca61e253597b9bf · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • source.android.com /security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • android.googlesource.com /platform/frameworks/av/+/3944c65637dfed14a5a895685edfa4bacaf9f76e · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • android.googlesource.com /platform/system/core/+/ecf5fd58a8f50362ce9e8d4245a33d56f29f142b · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1036763 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/92811 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • android.googlesource.com /platform/frameworks/base/+/866dc26ad4a98cc835d075b627326e7d7e52ffa1 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • exploit-db.com /exploits/40354/ · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred

Sources

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