CVE-2016-3834 Information disclosure in n/a
A crafted application can bypass access restrictions in Android camera APIs to obtain sensitive ANW buffer address information.
- 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-2016-3834?
CVE-2016-3834 is a medium-severity 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 camera APIs 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 2016-08-01 allow attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and obtain sensitive information about ANW buffer addresses via a crafted application, aka internal bug 28466701.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-3834?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2016-3834?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-3834 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2016-3834 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-3834 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-ppj8-jchx-c5jv, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3834.