CVE-2016-2459

Summary

CVECVE-2016-2459
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-05-09 10:59:00 UTC
Updated2016-05-09 22:08:00 UTC
Descriptionmediaserver 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 2016-05-01 does not initialize certain data structures, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, related to IGraphicBufferConsumer.cpp and IGraphicBufferProducer.cpp, aka internal bug 27556038.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Google Android 4.0 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.0.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.0.2 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.0.3 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.0.4 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.1.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.1.2 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.2 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.2.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.2.2 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.3 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.3.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.4 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.4.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.4.2 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.4.3 All All All
Operating System Google Android 5.0 All All All
Operating System Google Android 5.0.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 5.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 6.0 All All All
Operating System Google Android 6.0.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.0 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.0.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.0.2 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.0.3 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.0.4 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.1.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.1.2 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.2 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.2.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.2.2 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.3 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.3.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.4 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.4.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.4.2 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.4.3 All All All
Operating System Google Android 5.0 All All All
Operating System Google Android 5.0.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 5.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 6.0 All All All
Operating System Google Android 6.0.1 All All All
Hardware Google Android One - All All All
Hardware Google Android One - All All All
Hardware Google Nexus 5 - All All All
Hardware Google Nexus 5 - All All All
Hardware Google Nexus 5x - All All All
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Hardware Google Nexus 7 2013 - All All All
Hardware Google Nexus 7 2013 - All All All
Hardware Google Nexus 7 2013 - All All All
Hardware Google Nexus 9 - All All All
Hardware Google Nexus 9 - All All All
Hardware Google Nexus Player - All All All
Hardware Google Nexus Player - All All All
Hardware Google Pixel C - All All All
Hardware Google Pixel C - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Android Security Bulletin—May 2016 | Android Open Source Project CONFIRM source.android.com Vendor Advisory
a30d7d90c4f718e46fb41a99b3d52800e1011b73 - platform/frameworks/native - Git at Google CONFIRM android.googlesource.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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