What is CVE-2016-2418?

CVE-2016-2418 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 2016-04-18.

How severe is CVE-2016-2418?

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

Buffer overflow in Google Android

CVE-2016-2418

media/libmedia/IOMX.cpp in mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-04-01 does not initialize certain metadata buffer pointers, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory, and consequently bypass an unspecified protection mechanism, via unspecified vectors, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka internal bug 26324358.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2016-04-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (54.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 54.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android — versions 6.0, 6.0.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/8d87321b704cb3f88e8cae668937d… (Vendor Advisory)
source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2418?: CVE-2016-2418 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 2016-04-18.
How severe is CVE-2016-2418?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.