CVE-2016-3742 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2016-3742?

CVE-2016-3742 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Google Android, published on 11 Jul 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

decoder/ih264d_process_intra_mb.c in mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-07-01 mishandles intra mode, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted media file, aka internal bug 28165659.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-3742?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2016-3742?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-3742 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-2016-3742 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-3742 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-8823-w2vf-fm38, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3742.