FKIE_CVE-2016-3861

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-09-11 21:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:46
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
LibUtils 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 mishandles conversions between Unicode character encodings with different encoding widths, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) via a crafted file, aka internal bug 29250543.
References
security@android.comhttp://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.htmlVendor Advisory
security@android.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92811
security@android.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763
security@android.comhttps://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/3944c65637dfed14a5a895685edfa4bacaf9f76eIssue Tracking, Patch
security@android.comhttps://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/866dc26ad4a98cc835d075b627326e7d7e52ffa1Issue Tracking, Patch
security@android.comhttps://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/native/+/1f4b49e64adf4623eefda503bca61e253597b9bfIssue Tracking, Patch
security@android.comhttps://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/core/+/ecf5fd58a8f50362ce9e8d4245a33d56f29f142bIssue Tracking, Patch
security@android.comhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40354/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92811
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/3944c65637dfed14a5a895685edfa4bacaf9f76eIssue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/866dc26ad4a98cc835d075b627326e7d7e52ffa1Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/native/+/1f4b49e64adf4623eefda503bca61e253597b9bfIssue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/core/+/ecf5fd58a8f50362ce9e8d4245a33d56f29f142bIssue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40354/
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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
google android 4.3
google android 4.3.1
google android 4.4
google android 4.4.1
google android 4.4.2
google android 4.4.3
google android 5.0
google android 5.0.1
google android 5.1
google android 5.1.0
google android 6.0
google android 6.0.1
google android 7.0
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