CVE-2016-3861 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92811 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763 https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/3944c65637dfed14a5a895685edfa4bacaf9f76e https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/866dc26ad4a98cc835d075b627326e7d7e52ffa1 https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/native/+/1f4b49e64adf4623eefda503bca61e253597b9bf https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/core/+/ecf5fd58a8f50362ce9e8d4245a33d56f29f142b https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40354/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8