CVE-2015-3827

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 81.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-10-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The MPEG4Extractor::parseChunk function in MPEG4Extractor.cpp in libstagefright in Android before 5.1.1 LMY48I does not validate the relationship between chunk sizes and skip sizes, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (integer underflow and memory corruption) via crafted MPEG-4 covr atoms, aka internal bug 20923261.

Affected products

Android: through 5.1

References

http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/hw-448928
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76052
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033094
http://www1.huawei.com/en/security/psirt/security-bulletins/security-advisories/hw-448928.htm
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/f4a88c8ed4f8186b3d6e2852993e063fc33ff231
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=android-security-updates/Ugvu3fi6RQM/yzJvoTVrIQAJ
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/hw-448928
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76052
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033094
http://www1.huawei.com/en/security/psirt/security-bulletins/security-advisories/hw-448928.htm
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/f4a88c8ed4f8186b3d6e2852993e063fc33ff231
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=android-security-updates/Ugvu3fi6RQM/yzJvoTVrIQAJ

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