Denial of Service Vulnerability in Android Mediaserver (CVE-2016-3861)

CVE-2016-3879 · HIGH Severity

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

arm-wt-22k/lib_src/eas_mdls.c 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 2016-09-01 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference, and device hang or reboot) via a crafted media file, aka internal bug 29770686.

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