media/libmedia/IOMX.cpp in mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-04-01 does not initialize certain metadata buffer pointers, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory, and consequently bypass an unspecified protection mechanism, via unspecified vectors, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka internal bug 26324358.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-3500 media/libmedia/IOMX.cpp in mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-04-01 does not initialize certain metadata buffer pointers, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory, and consequently bypass an unspecified protection mechanism, via unspecified vectors, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka internal bug 26324358.
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Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.0009}

epss

{'score': 0.00201}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: google_android

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:24:49.292Z

Reserved: 2016-02-18T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-2418

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-04-18T00:59:24.883

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-2418

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