CVE-2016-3743

CRITICAL

Android 6.x - Remote Code Execution via Crafted Media File

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

decoder/ih264d_api.c in mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-07-01 does not initialize certain data structures, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted media file, aka internal bug 27907656.

References (2)

Core 2

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0107
EPSS Percentile 60.9%
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