CVE-2016-3828

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% 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-172

Description

decoder/ih264d_api.c in mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-08-01 mishandles invalid PPS and SPS NAL units, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device hang or reboot) via a crafted media file, aka internal bug 28835995.

Affected products

Android: 6.0, 6.0.1

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92221
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libavc/+/7554755536019e439433c515eeb44e701fb3bfb2
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92221
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libavc/+/7554755536019e439433c515eeb44e701fb3bfb2

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