CVE-2016-2428

CRITICAL

Android mediaserver - Remote Code Execution via Crafted Media File

Title source: llm

Description

libAACdec/src/aacdec_drc.cpp 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 2016-05-01 does not properly limit the number of threads, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (stack memory corruption) via a crafted media file, aka internal bug 26751339.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.html

Patch x_refsource_confirm

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/aac/+/5d4405f601fa11a8955fd7611532c982420e4206

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.0206

EPSS Percentile 79.0%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-119

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 May 09, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026