CVE-2016-0838 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service via crafted media files due to missing negative sample checks in Android's Sonivox component.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-0838?
CVE-2016-0838 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Google Android, published on 18 Apr 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Sonivox in 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 2016-04-01 does not check for a negative number of samples, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted media file, related to arm-wt-22k/lib_src/eas_wtengine.c and arm-wt-22k/lib_src/eas_wtsynth.c, aka internal bug 26366256.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-0838?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2016-0838?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-0838 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2016-0838 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-0838 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7hg5-5vx8-mx99, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0838.