What is CVE-2016-2414?

CVE-2016-2414 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2016-04-18.

How severe is CVE-2016-2414?

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

Improper input validation in Google Android

CVE-2016-2414

The Minikin library in Android 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-04-01 does not properly consider negative size values in font data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and reboot loop) via a crafted font, aka internal bug 26413177.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.004 (33.2th 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, 5.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2414?: CVE-2016-2414 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2016-04-18.
How severe is CVE-2016-2414?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.