ghsa-42m2-m4h3-qr94
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-17 01:18
Modified
2025-04-12 13:03
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details

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.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-3861"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-119"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2016-09-11T21:59:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-42m2-m4h3-qr94",
  "modified": "2025-04-12T13:03:56Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T01:18:10Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3861"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/3944c65637dfed14a5a895685edfa4bacaf9f76e"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/866dc26ad4a98cc835d075b627326e7d7e52ffa1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/native/+/1f4b49e64adf4623eefda503bca61e253597b9bf"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/core/+/ecf5fd58a8f50362ce9e8d4245a33d56f29f142b"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40354"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92811"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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