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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 13, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-2478

CVE-2016-2478

Description

mm-video-v4l2/vidc/vdec/src/omx_vdec_msm8974.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 2016-06-01 mishandles pointers, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka internal bug 27475409.

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Affected products

19
  • Google/Android19 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 18 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • 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:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • 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:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 4.x <4.4.4, 5.0.x <5.0.2, 5.1.x <5.1.1, 6.x <2016-06-01

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