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Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 18, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-2416

CVE-2016-2416

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.

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Affected products

23
  • Google/Android23 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 22 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <4.4.4 (4.x), <5.0.2 (5.0.x), <5.1.1 (5.1.x), <6.0 (6.x before 2016-04-01)

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