What is CVE-2016-2459?

CVE-2016-2459 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-05-09.

How severe is CVE-2016-2459?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Google Android

CVE-2016-2459

mediaserver in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-05-01 does not initialize certain data structures, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, relat…

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.004 (33.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Google Android — versions 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2
Google Android_one
Google Nexus_5
Google Nexus_5x
Google Nexus_6
Google Nexus_6p
Google Nexus_7_\(2013\)
Google Nexus_9
Google Nexus_player
Google Pixel_c

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2459?: CVE-2016-2459 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-05-09.
How severe is CVE-2016-2459?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.