CVE-2016-2417

Published: Apr 18, 2016Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-264

9.8CRITICAL

NVD MITRE

Description

media/libmedia/IOMX.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 2016-04-01 does not initialize a parameter data structure, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory, and consequently bypass an unspecified protection mechanism, via unspecified vectors, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka internal bug 26914474.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:HConfidentiality

High

I:HIntegrity

High

A:HAvailability

High

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Weaknesses

CWE-264

Affected Products

Google Inc

commercial·USaka google, google llc

AndroidEmbeddedOS

Operating Systems / mobile-os

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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html

source.android.com

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/1171e7c047bf79e7c93342bb6a812c9edd86aa84

android.googlesource.com

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39685/

exploit-db.com

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