CVE-2016-3829 Information

Description

The ih264d decoder in mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-08-01 does not initialize certain structure members which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device hang or reboot) via a crafted media file aka internal bug 29023649.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92221 https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libavc/+/326fe991a4b7971e8aeaf4ac775491dd8abd85bb

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

5.5