CVE-2016-3742

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-07-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

decoder/ih264d_process_intra_mb.c in mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-07-01 mishandles intra mode, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted media file, aka internal bug 28165659.

Affected products

Android: 6.0, 6.0.1

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libavc/+/a583270e1c96d307469c83dc42bd3c5f1b9ef63f
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libavc/+/a583270e1c96d307469c83dc42bd3c5f1b9ef63f

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