CVE-2016-3828 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause Android devices to hang or reboot by sending a crafted media file that mishandles invalid NAL units.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-3828?
CVE-2016-3828 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Android, published on 5 Aug 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
decoder/ih264d_api.c in mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-08-01 mishandles invalid PPS and SPS NAL units, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device hang or reboot) via a crafted media file, aka internal bug 28835995.
Weakness: CWE-172
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-3828?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2016-3828?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-3828 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2016-3828 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-3828 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6r94-x69x-63wh, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3828.