CVE-2016-3827 - Encoding Error

Severity

71%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

115%

codecs/hevcdec/SoftHEVC.cpp in libstagefright in mediaserver in Android 6.0.1 before 2016-08-01 mishandles decoder errors, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device hang or reboot) via a crafted media file, aka internal bug 28816956.

codecs/hevcdec/SoftHEVC.cpp in libstagefright in mediaserver in Android 6.0.1 before 2016-08-01 mishandles decoder errors, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device hang or reboot) via a crafted media file, aka internal bug 28816956.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.5. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.1. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C).

Overview

First reported 8 years ago

2016-08-05 20:59:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-11-28 20:12:00

Affected Software

Google Android Operating System

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html

Vendor Advisory

92221

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/a4567c66f4764442c6cb7b5c1858810194480fb5

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