CVE-2016-2414 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via crafted font data due to improper handling of negative size values in the Android Minikin library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-2414?
CVE-2016-2414 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Android, published on 18 Apr 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-2414?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2016-2414?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-2414 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-2016-2414 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2414 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2p8f-fx67-q665, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2414.