CVE-2016-0835

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-04-18 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

decoder/impeg2d_dec_hdr.c in mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-04-01 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted media file that triggers a certain negative value, aka internal bug 26070014.

Affected products

Android: 6.0, 6.0.1

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libmpeg2/+/58a6822d7140137ce957c6d2fc20bae1374186c1
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libmpeg2/+/ba604d336b40fd4bde1622f64d67135bdbd61301
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libmpeg2/+/58a6822d7140137ce957c6d2fc20bae1374186c1
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libmpeg2/+/ba604d336b40fd4bde1622f64d67135bdbd61301

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