CVE-2016-3862

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

media/ExifInterface.java 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 2016-09-01 does not properly interact with the use of static variables in libjhead_jni, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted media file, aka internal bug 29270469.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
Sep 11, 2016
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2016-3862: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix