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ubuntu-cve-2016-3743

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2016-07-11 01:59

Modified

2025-10-24 04:45

Summary

Details

decoder/ih264d_api.c in mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-07-01 does not initialize certain data structures, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted media file, aka internal bug 27907656.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


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

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3743	REPORT
	http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-…	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3743	REPORT

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CVE-2016-3743 (GCVE-0-2016-3743)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-07-11 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:03

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

google_android

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/externa…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Date Public

2016-07-05 00:00

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Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2016-3743 (GCVE-0-2016-3743)

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