CVE-2016-2459

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-05-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

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 2016-05-01 does not initialize certain data structures, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, related to IGraphicBufferConsumer.cpp and IGraphicBufferProducer.cpp, aka internal bug 27556038.

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/2016-05-01.html
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/native/+/a30d7d90c4f718e46fb41a99b3d52800e1011b73
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.html
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/native/+/a30d7d90c4f718e46fb41a99b3d52800e1011b73

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