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UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3878 (CVE-2016-3878)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2016-09-11 21:59 – Updated: 2025-10-24 04:45 – Source website

Details

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.

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3878	REPORT
	http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-…	REPORT
	https://android.googlesource.com/platform/externa…	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3878	REPORT

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CVE-2016-3878 (GCVE-0-2016-3878)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-09-11 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:10

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

google_android CNA under the Google root

CNA scorecard E 40/100 over 198 records in the last 180 days details

References

4 references

URL	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92821	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/externa…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Date Public

2016-09-06 00:00

Show details on NVD website

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