Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 5, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-3829

Description

The ih264d decoder in mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-08-01 does not initialize certain structure members, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device hang or reboot) via a crafted media file, aka internal bug 29023649.

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Affected products

Google/Android3 versions
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)

Patches

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References

android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libavc/+/326fe991a4b7971e8aeaf4ac775491dd8abd85bbnvdIssue TrackingPatch
source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/92221nvd

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