CVE-2016-2479

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CVSS 3.0

7.8 high

EPSS

<1%p39

Published

Jun 13, 2016 (Jun 13, 2016)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

The mm-video-v4l2 vdec component 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 2016-06-01 mishandles a buffer count, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka internal bug 27532282.

Vendors: google
Products: android
Weakness: CWE-119
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.5%)

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