CVE-2016-3820

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-08-05 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The ih264d decoder in mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-08-01 mishandles slice numbers, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted media file, aka internal bug 28673410.

Affected products

Android: 6.0, 6.0.1

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92228
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libavc/+/a78887bcffbc2995cf9ed72e0697acf560875e9e
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92228
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libavc/+/a78887bcffbc2995cf9ed72e0697acf560875e9e

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