CVE-2016-0810

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% 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-264

Description

media/libmedia/SoundPool.cpp in mediaserver in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.x before 5.1.1 LMY49G, and 6.x before 2016-02-01 mishandles locking requirements, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka internal bug 25781119.

Affected products

Android: 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.1 (+18)

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-02-01.html
https://android.googlesource.com/platform%2Fframeworks%2Fav/+/19c47afbc402542720ddd280e1bbde3b2277b586
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-02-01.html
https://android.googlesource.com/platform%2Fframeworks%2Fav/+/19c47afbc402542720ddd280e1bbde3b2277b586

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