CVE-2016-6701 Memory corruption in Android

What is CVE-2016-6701?

CVE-2016-6701 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Android, published on 25 Nov 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

A remote code execution vulnerability in libskia in Android 7.0 before 2016-11-01 could enable an attacker using a specially crafted file to cause memory corruption during media file and data processing. This issue is rated as High due to the possibility of remote code execution within the context of the gallery process. Android ID: A-30190637.

Weakness: CWE-284, CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6701?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2016-6701?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-6701 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2016-6701 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6701 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-7q83-f9g2-964w, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6701.