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CVE-2016-2416

N/A
Published: April 18, 2016 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:44 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAndroid

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

libs/gui/BufferQueueConsumer.cpp 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 2016-04-01 does not check for the android.permission.DUMP permission, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information, and consequently bypass an unspecified protection mechanism, via a dump request, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka internal bug 27046057.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

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Patch and advisory references

References (3)

x_refsource_CONFIRMx_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/native/+/85d253fab5e2c01bd90990667c6de25c282fc5cd
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/native/+/a40b30f5c43726120bfe69d41ff5aeb31fe1d02a

CVSS

10HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264

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