CVE-2016-2476

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-06-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

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 2016-06-01 does not validate OMX buffer sizes, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka internal bug 27207275.

Affected products

Android: 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.1 (+12)

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-06-01.html
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/0bb5ced60304da7f61478ffd359e7ba65d72f181
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/295c883fe3105b19bcd0f9e07d54c6b589fc5bff
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/94d9e646454f6246bf823b6897bd6aea5f08eda3
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/db829699d3293f254a7387894303451a91278986
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-06-01.html
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/0bb5ced60304da7f61478ffd359e7ba65d72f181
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/295c883fe3105b19bcd0f9e07d54c6b589fc5bff
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/94d9e646454f6246bf823b6897bd6aea5f08eda3
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/db829699d3293f254a7387894303451a91278986

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