What is CVE-2016-0808?

CVE-2016-0808 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-19. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2016-02-07.

How severe is CVE-2016-0808?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2016-0808

Integer overflow in the getCoverageFormat12 function in CmapCoverage.cpp in the Minikin library in Android 5.x before 5.1.1 LMY49G and 6.x before 2016-02-01 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (continuous rebooting) via an application that triggers loading of a crafted TTF font, aka internal bug 25645298.

EPSS: 0.002 (7.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-19

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-0808?: CVE-2016-0808 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-19. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2016-02-07.
How severe is CVE-2016-0808?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.