CVE-2016-1621 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2016-1621?

CVE-2016-1621 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Google Android, published on 12 Mar 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

libvpx in mediaserver in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.x before 5.1.1 LMY49H, and 6.0 before 2016-03-01 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted media file, related to libwebm/mkvparser.cpp and other files, aka internal bug 23452792.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-1621?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2016-1621?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2016-1621 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-1621 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Google Android

• CVE-2026-58704 Google Pixel Improper Authorization Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2025-48543 Android Runtime Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2023-35674 Android Framework Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2025-48595 Android Framework Integer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2024-32896 Android Pixel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.1

All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-1621, GHSA-pjpg-8wjw-xmv3, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1621.