UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2449

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2449

    Published: 9 May 2016Last Modified: 24 Oct 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-2449

    Summary:

    Details: services/camera/libcameraservice/device3/Camera3Device.cpp 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 2016-05-01 does not validate template IDs, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka internal bug 27568958.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2449, https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/b04aee833c5cfb6b31b8558350feb14bb1a0f353, http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.html, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2449

    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
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