Description
media/libmedia/mediametadataretriever.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 2016-04-01 mishandles cleared service binders, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted media file, aka internal bug 26040840.
Published: 2016-04-18
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: 1.2% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-0852 media/libmedia/mediametadataretriever.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 2016-04-01 mishandles cleared service binders, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted media file, aka internal bug 26040840.
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.02566}

epss

{'score': 0.01215}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: google_android

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T22:30:05.149Z

Reserved: 2015-12-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-0841

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-04-18T00:59:06.887

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-0841

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses