CVE-2016-2417 Information disclosure in n/a
Attackers can read sensitive process memory to bypass protections and gain elevated access in Android mediaserver.
- 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-2016-2417?
CVE-2016-2417 is a critical 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
media/libmedia/IOMX.cpp 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 initialize a parameter data structure, 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 26914474.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-2417?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2016-2417?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-2417 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2016-2417 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2016-2417 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3q6q-qc68-x6pf, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2417.