CVE-2016-0803

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-02-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

libstagefright in mediaserver in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.x before 5.1.1 LMY49G, and 6.x before 2016-02-01 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted media file that triggers a large memory allocation in the (1) SoftMPEG4Encoder or (2) SoftVPXEncoder component, aka internal bug 25812794.

Affected products

Android: 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.1 (+19)

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-02-01.html
https://android.googlesource.com/platform%2Fframeworks%2Fav/+/50270d98e26fa18b20ca88216c3526667b724ba7
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-02-01.html
https://android.googlesource.com/platform%2Fframeworks%2Fav/+/50270d98e26fa18b20ca88216c3526667b724ba7

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