CVE-2016-3862

HIGH

Android <4.4.4, <5.0.2, <5.1.1, <2016-09-01 - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm

Description

media/ExifInterface.java 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 2016-09-01 does not properly interact with the use of static variables in libjhead_jni, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted media file, aka internal bug 29270469.

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html

Issue Tracking, Patch x_refsource_confirm

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/e739d9ca5469ed30129d0fa228e3d0f2878671ac

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0156

EPSS Percentile 72.2%

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 (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 4.1.2

google/android 4.2

google/android 4.2.1

google/android 4.2.2

... and 12 more

Published Sep 11, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026