CVE-2016-6712 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2016-6712?

CVE-2016-6712 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Android, published on 13 Dec 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 denial of service vulnerability in libvpx 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 2016-11-01 could enable an attacker to use a specially crafted file to cause a device hang or reboot. This issue is rated as High due to the possibility of remote denial of service. Android ID: A-30593752.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6712?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2016-6712?

Apply the vendor's patch.

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-2016-6712 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6712 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6712, GHSA-cw6q-wf22-j892, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6712.