Thread Limitation Vulnerability in Android's libAACdec

CVE-2016-2428 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

libAACdec/src/aacdec_drc.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 2016-05-01 does not properly limit the number of threads, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (stack memory corruption) via a crafted media file, aka internal bug 26751339.

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