CVE-2016-2412

HIGH

Android 4.x < 4.4.4, 5.0.x < 5.0.2, 5.1.x < 5.1.1, 6.x < 2016-04-01 - Privilege Escalation via Skia Crash Mishandling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2016-2412. PoCs published by codecat007.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This PoC demonstrates a heap corruption vulnerability in Android's ActivityManager service by crafting a malicious Parcel with a corrupted Region object, leading to potential local privilege escalation.

Description

include/core/SkPostConfig.h in Skia, as used in System_server 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 2016-04-01, mishandles certain crashes, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka internal bug 26593930.

Exploits (1)

github WORKING POC 8 stars
by codecat007 · cpoc
https://github.com/codecat007/cvehub/tree/main/android/securityPatch/CVE-2016-2412

This PoC demonstrates a heap corruption vulnerability in Android's ActivityManager service by crafting a malicious Parcel with a corrupted Region object, leading to potential local privilege escalation.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Android (versions prior to the fix for CVE-2016-2412)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the Android device's Binder interface · Target device running a vulnerable version of Android
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 27, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0004
EPSS Percentile 13.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (22)
google/android 4.0
google/android 4.0.1
google/android 4.0.2
google/android 4.0.3
google/android 4.0.4
google/android 4.1
google/android 4.1.2
google/android 4.2
google/android 4.2.1
google/android 4.2.2
... and 12 more
Published Apr 18, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026