CVE-2016-2494
high
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS v2
9.3
VIR risk
7.8
Description
Off-by-one error in sdcard/sdcard.c 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 allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka internal bug 28085658.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: security@android.com — http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-06-01.html
Exploits
Exploit-DB
- EDB-39921 · dos · android
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137404/Android-system-bin-sdcard-Stack-Buffer-Overflow.html
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-06-01.html
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/core/+/864e2e22fcd0cba3f5e67680ccabd0302dfda45d
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39921/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137404/Android-system-bin-sdcard-Stack-Buffer-Overflow.html
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-06-01.html
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/core/+/864e2e22fcd0cba3f5e67680ccabd0302dfda45d
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39921/
CWEs
CWE-264
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.