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Google Android Vulnerability: CVE-2016-0804

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Google Android Vulnerability: CVE-2016-0804

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
02/06/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/18/2016
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

The NuPlayer::GenericSource::notifyPreparedAndCleanup function in media/libmediaplayerservice/nuplayer/GenericSource.cpp in mediaserver in Android 5.x before 5.1.1 LMY49G and 6.x before 2016-02-01 improperly manages mDrmManagerClient objects, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted media file, aka internal bug 25070434.

Solution(s)

  • google-android-upgrade-latest

References

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