Remote Code Execution and Denial of Service Vulnerability in Android Mediaserver

Remote Code Execution and Denial of Service Vulnerability in Android Mediaserver

CVE-2016-3821 · HIGH Severity

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

libmedia 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 2016-08-01 has certain incorrect declarations, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference or memory corruption) via a crafted media file, aka internal bug 28166152.

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