UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2459

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2459

    Published: 9 May 2016Last Modified: 24 Oct 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-2459

    Summary:

    Details: 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 initialize certain data structures, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, related to IGraphicBufferConsumer.cpp and IGraphicBufferProducer.cpp, aka internal bug 27556038.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2459, https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/native/+/a30d7d90c4f718e46fb41a99b3d52800e1011b73, http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.html, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2459

    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