Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 11, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2016-3741

Description

The H.264 decoder in mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-07-01 does not initialize certain slice data, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted media file, aka internal bug 28165661.

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libavc/+/cc676ebd95247646e67907ccab150fb77a847335nvd
android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libavc/+/e629194c62a9a129ce378e08cb1059a8a53f1795nvd

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