CVE-2016-0846

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

libs/binder/IMemory.cpp in the IMemory Native Interface 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 properly consider the heap size, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka internal bug 26877992.

libs/binder/IMemory.cpp in the IMemory Native Interface 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 properly consider the heap size, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka internal bug 26877992.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.4. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

Google Android

First reported 8 years ago

2016-04-18 00:59:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-09-08 01:29:00

Affected Software

Google Android Operating System 4.0

4.0

Google Android Operating System 4.0.1

4.0.1

Google Android Operating System 4.0.2

4.0.2

Google Android Operating System 4.0.3

4.0.3

Google Android Operating System 4.0.4

4.0.4

Google Android Operating System 4.1

4.1

Google Android Operating System 4.1.2

4.1.2

Google Android Operating System 4.2 (Jelly Bean)

4.2

Google Android Operating System 4.2.1

4.2.1

Google Android Operating System 4.2.2

4.2.2

Google Android Operating System 4.3

4.3

Google Android Operating System 4.3.1

4.3.1

Google Android Operating System 4.4

4.4

Google Android Operating System 4.4.1

4.4.1

Google Android Operating System 4.4.2

4.4.2

Google Android Operating System 4.4.3

4.4.3

Google Android Operating System 5.0

5.0

Google Android 5.0.1

5.0.1

Google Android 5.1

5.1

Google Android 5.1.0

5.1.0

Google Android 6.0

6.0

Google Android 6.0.1

6.0.1

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