CVE-2016-3835 Information disclosure in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

A heap pointer mishandling in Android's mediaserver allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application.

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-2016-3835?

CVE-2016-3835 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 secure-session feature in the mm-video-v4l2 venc component 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 2016-08-01 mishandles heap pointers, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka internal bug 28920116.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-3835?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2016-3835?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-3835 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-3835 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-3835 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-rfcc-p56j-57wq, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3835.

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