CVE-2016-2451 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2016-2451?

CVE-2016-2451 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Android, published on 9 May 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

codecs/on2/dec/SoftVPX.cpp in libstagefright 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 2016-05-01 does not validate VPX output buffer sizes, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka internal bug 27597103.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-2451?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2016-2451?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-2451 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-2016-2451 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2451 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-hw79-m2wh-vmgp, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2451.