CVE-2016-0826

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-03-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

libcameraservice in mediaserver in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.x before 5.1.1 LMY49H, and 6.x before 2016-03-01 does not require use of the ICameraService::dump method for a camera service dump, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application that directly dumps, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka internal bug 26265403.

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/2016-03-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84268
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/899823966e78552bb6dfd7772403a4f91471d2b0
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/c9ab2b0bb05a7e19fb057e79b36e232809d70122
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-03-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84268
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/899823966e78552bb6dfd7772403a4f91471d2b0
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/c9ab2b0bb05a7e19fb057e79b36e232809d70122

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