CVE-2016-0841

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

media/libmedia/mediametadataretriever.cpp in mediaserver in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-04-01 mishandles cleared service binders, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted media file, aka internal bug 26040840.

Affected products

Android: 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.1 (+16)

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/3097f364237fb552871f7639d37a7afa4563e252
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/3097f364237fb552871f7639d37a7afa4563e252

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