UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0837

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0837

    Published: 18 Apr 2016Last Modified: 24 Oct 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-0837

    Summary:

    Details: 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 2016-04-01 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and memory corruption) via a crafted media file, aka internal bug 27208621.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-0837, https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/7a282fb64fef25349e9d341f102d9cea3bf75baf, http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0837

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: android

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/android@20160330-0939-0ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    20150818-1500-0ubuntu2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High