CVE-2016-3829 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause device hang or reboot via crafted media files due to uninitialized structure members in the Android ih264d decoder.
- 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-2016-3829?
CVE-2016-3829 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
The ih264d decoder in mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-08-01 does not initialize certain structure members, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device hang or reboot) via a crafted media file, aka internal bug 29023649.
Weakness: CWE-172
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-3829?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2016-3829?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-3829 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-2016-3829 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-3829 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6hrc-669w-853m, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3829.