Uninitialized Data Structures Vulnerability in Android Mediaserver

Uninitialized Data Structures Vulnerability in Android Mediaserver

CVE-2016-2459 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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 initialize certain data structures, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, related to IGraphicBufferConsumer.cpp and IGraphicBufferProducer.cpp, aka internal bug 27556038.

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