CVE-2016-1621

Publication date 12 March 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

libvpx in mediaserver in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.x before 5.1.1 LMY49H, and 6.0 before 2016-03-01 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted media file, related to libwebm/mkvparser.cpp and other files, aka internal bug 23452792.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
android	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Fixed 20160307-0742-0ubuntu3
	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 20160307-0742-0ubuntu3
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 20160307-0742-0ubuntu3
	15.10 wily	Ignored end of life
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
android	Upstream: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libvpx/+/04839626ed859623901ebd3a5fd483982186b59d Upstream: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libvpx/+/5a9753fca56f0eeb9f61e342b2fccffc364f9426 Upstream: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/5a6788730acfc6fd8f4a6ef89d2c376572a26b55

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.8 · Critical
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2016-1621

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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