CVE-2016-3766

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% 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

MPEG4Extractor.cpp in libstagefright 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 2016-07-01 does not check whether memory allocation succeeds, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device hang or reboot) via a crafted file, aka internal bug 28471206.

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/2016-07-01.html
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/6fdee2a83432b3b150d6a34f231c4e2f7353c01e
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/e7142a0703bc93f75e213e96ebc19000022afed9
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/6fdee2a83432b3b150d6a34f231c4e2f7353c01e
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/e7142a0703bc93f75e213e96ebc19000022afed9

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