CVE-2016-2418
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 0.8%
Description
media/libmedia/IOMX.cpp in mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-04-01 does not initialize certain metadata buffer pointers, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory, and consequently bypass an unspecified protection mechanism, via unspecified vectors, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka internal bug 26324358.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (2)
x_refsource_CONFIRMx_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/8d87321b704cb3f88e8cae668937d001fd63d5e3Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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