CVE-2016-3878

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-09-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-284

Description

decoder/ih264d_api.c in mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-09-01 mishandles the case of decoding zero MBs, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device hang or reboot) via a crafted media file, aka internal bug 29493002.

Affected products

Android: 6.0, 6.0.1

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92821
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libavc/+/7109ce3f8f90a28ca9f0ee6e14f6ac5e414c62cf
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92821
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libavc/+/7109ce3f8f90a28ca9f0ee6e14f6ac5e414c62cf

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