CVE-2016-2481

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 mm-video-v4l2

Title source: llm

Description

The mm-video-v4l2 venc component 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 a buffer count, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka internal bug 27532497.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Patch x_refsource_confirm

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/hardware/qcom/media/+/89913d7df36dbeb458ce165856bd6505a2ec647d

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

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

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0050

EPSS Percentile 39.1%

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-119

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