CVE-2016-3872
high
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.8
Description
Buffer overflow in codecs/on2/dec/SoftVPX.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, 6.x before 2016-09-01, and 7.0 before 2016-09-01 allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 29421675.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/630ed150f7201ddadb00b8b8ce0c55c4cc6e8742
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/9f9ba255a0c59544f3555c9c45512c3a2fac5fad
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/630ed150f7201ddadb00b8b8ce0c55c4cc6e8742
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/9f9ba255a0c59544f3555c9c45512c3a2fac5fad
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.