Denial of Service Vulnerability in Android 6.x Mediaserver (CVE-2016-xxxx)

Denial of Service Vulnerability in Android 6.x Mediaserver (CVE-2016-xxxx)

CVE-2016-3878 · HIGH Severity

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

decoder/ih264d_api.c in mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-09-01 mishandles the case of decoding zero MBs, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device hang or reboot) via a crafted media file, aka internal bug 29493002.

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