Medium severity6.2NVD Advisory· Published Apr 18, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-2414
CVE-2016-2414
Description
The Minikin library in Android 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-04-01 does not properly consider negative size values in font data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and reboot loop) via a crafted font, aka internal bug 26413177.
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Affected products
7cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/minikin/+/ca8ac8acdad662230ae37998c6c4091bb39402b6nvd
- android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/minikin/+/f4785aa1947b8d22d5b19559ef1ca526d98e0e73nvd
- code.google.com/p/android/issues/detailnvd
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