CVE-2016-3741
CRITICALAndroid 6.x - Remote Code Execution via Crafted H.264 Media File
Title source: llmDescription
The H.264 decoder in mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-07-01 does not initialize certain slice data, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted media file, aka internal bug 28165661.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libavc/+/e629194c62a9a129ce378e08cb1059a8a53f1795
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libavc/+/cc676ebd95247646e67907ccab150fb77a847335
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0141
EPSS Percentile
69.5%
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-20
Status
published
Products (2)
google/android
6.0
google/android
6.0.1
Published
Jul 11, 2016
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026