CVE-2016-0839

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: 2016-04-18 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

post_proc/volume_listener.c in mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-04-01 mishandles deleted effect context, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted media file, aka internal bug 25753245.

Affected products

Android: 6.0, 6.0.1

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/hardware/qcom/audio/+/ebbb82365172337c6c250c6cac4e326970a9e351
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/hardware/qcom/audio/+/ebbb82365172337c6c250c6cac4e326970a9e351

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