CVE-2016-2477

HIGH

Android < 4.4.4, 5.0.x < 5.0.2, 5.1.x < 5.1.1, 6.x < 2016-06-01 - Privilege Escalation via Pointer Mishandling

Title source: llm

Description

mm-video-v4l2/vidc/vdec/src/omx_vdec_msm8974.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 2016-06-01 mishandles pointers, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka internal bug 27251096.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Patch x_refsource_confirm

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/hardware/qcom/media/+/f22c2a0f0f9e030c240468d9d18b9297f001bcf0

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-06-01.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0047

EPSS Percentile 37.6%

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-20

Status published

Products (18)

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 8 more

Published Jun 13, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026