CVE-2016-2459
MEDIUMAndroid mediaserver - Information Disclosure via Uninitialized Data Structures
Title source: llmDescription
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 initialize certain data structures, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, related to IGraphicBufferConsumer.cpp and IGraphicBufferProducer.cpp, aka internal bug 27556038.
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/frameworks/native/+/a30d7d90c4f718e46fb41a99b3d52800e1011b73
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0041
EPSS Percentile
33.3%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-200
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
4.1.1
google/android
4.1.2
google/android
4.2
google/android
4.2.1
... and 12 more
Published
May 09, 2016
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026