Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 11, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2016-3899

Description

OMXCodec.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 does not validate a certain pointer, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device hang or reboot) via a crafted media file, aka internal bug 29421811.

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/97837bb6cbac21ea679843a0037779d3834bed64nvdIssue TrackingPatch
source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/92821nvd
www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763nvd

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