CVE-2016-3764 Information disclosure in n/a

Medium 4.0 Published Updated

A crafted application can leak sensitive pointer information from the Android mediaserver, potentially aiding further exploitation.

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-2016-3764?

CVE-2016-3764 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 11 Jul 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

media/libmediaplayerservice/MetadataRetrieverClient.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 2016-07-01 allows attackers to obtain sensitive pointer information via a crafted application, aka internal bug 28377502.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-3764?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2016-3764?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-3764 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-3764 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-3764 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-8j78-398v-wp78, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3764.

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