Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 5, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2016-3821

Description

libmedia 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 2016-08-01 has certain incorrect declarations, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference or memory corruption) via a crafted media file, aka internal bug 28166152.

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/42a25c46b844518ff0d0b920c20c519e1417be69nvdIssue TrackingPatch
source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/92228nvd

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