High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 11, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2016-3871

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in codecs/mp3dec/SoftMP3.cpp in libstagefright in mediaserver in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, 6.x before 2016-09-01, and 7.0 before 2016-09-01 allow attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 29422022.

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/3c4edac2a5b00dec6c8579a0ee658cfb3bb16d94nvdIssue TrackingPatch
android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/c17ad2f0c7e00fd1bbf01d0dfed41f72d78267adnvdIssue TrackingPatch
android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/c2639afac631f5c1ffddf70ee8a6fe943d0bedf9nvdIssue TrackingPatch
source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763nvd

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