What is CVE-2016-0804?

CVE-2016-0804 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-02-07.

How severe is CVE-2016-0804?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Google Android

CVE-2016-0804

The NuPlayer::GenericSource::notifyPreparedAndCleanup function in media/libmediaplayerservice/nuplayer/GenericSource.cpp in mediaserver in Android 5.x before 5.1.1 LMY49G and 6.x before 2016-02-01 improperly manages mDrmManagerClient objects, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted media file, aka internal bug 25070434.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.020 (78.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Google Android — versions 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

security@android.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
security@android.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-0804?: CVE-2016-0804 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-02-07.
How severe is CVE-2016-0804?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.