PT-2016-5729
CVE-2016-3899
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Published
2016-09-11
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Updated
2017-08-13
Description by
CVSS 2.0
7.1
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Android versions 4.x through 4.4.3
Android versions 5.0.x through 5.0.1
Android versions 5.1.x through 5.1.0
Android versions 6.x before 2016-09-01
Android versions 7.0 before 2016-09-01
Description
The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a device hang or reboot, via a crafted media file. This is due to a failure to validate a certain pointer in OMXCodec.cpp in libstagefright in mediaserver.
Recommendations
For Android versions 4.x through 4.4.3, update to version 4.4.4 or later.
For Android versions 5.0.x through 5.0.1, update to version 5.0.2 or later.
For Android versions 5.1.x through 5.1.0, update to version 5.1.1 or later.
For Android versions 6.x before 2016-09-01, apply the September 2016 security update.
For Android versions 7.0 before 2016-09-01, apply the September 2016 security update.
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