CVE-2016-2506

critical

Published 2016-07-11 · Modified 2026-05-06

CVSS v3

9.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

VIR risk

9.8

Description

DRMExtractor.cpp in libstagefright 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 2016-07-01 does not validate a certain offset value, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted media file, aka internal bug 28175045.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/e248db02fbab2ee9162940bc19f087fd7d96cb9d
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/e248db02fbab2ee9162940bc19f087fd7d96cb9d

CWEs

CWE-119

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Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.