CVE-2016-3825

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% 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

mm-video-v4l2/vidc/venc/src/omx_video_base.cpp in mediaserver in Android 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-08-01 allocates an incorrect amount of memory, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 28816964.

Affected products

Android: 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.1, 5.1.0, 6.0, 6.0.1

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92218
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/hardware/qcom/media/+/d575ecf607056d8e3328ef2eb56c52e98f81e87d
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92218
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/hardware/qcom/media/+/d575ecf607056d8e3328ef2eb56c52e98f81e87d

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