High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 5, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2016-3826

Description

services/audioflinger/Effects.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 2016-08-01 does not validate the reply size for an AudioFlinger effect command, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 29251553.

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/9cd8c3289c91254b3955bd7347cf605d6fa032c6nvdIssue TrackingPatch
source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/92218nvd

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