Advisory details:
ubuntu_osv / UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3861
| Advisory ID | ubuntu_osv/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3861 |
| Aliases |
CVE-2016-3861
|
| Summary | LibUtils in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, 6.x before 2016-09-01, and 7.0 before 2016-09-01 mishandles conversions between Unicode character encodings with different encoding widths, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) via a crafted file, aka internal bug 29250543. |
| Status | Published |
| Exploitability | 2.0 |
| Weighted Severity | 7.0 |
| Risk | 10.0 |
| Affected and Fixed Packages | Package Details |
| Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches | Package Commit Patches Details |
| There are no known CWE. |
| System | Score | Found at |
|---|---|---|
| cvssv3 | 7.8 | https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3861.json |
| ubuntu-priority | medium | https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3861.json |
| Reference id | Reference type | URL |
|---|---|---|
| http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html | ||
| https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3861 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3861 | ||
| 1f4b49e64adf4623eefda503bca61e253597b9bf | Commit | https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/native/+/1f4b49e64adf4623eefda503bca61e253597b9bf |
| 3944c65637dfed14a5a895685edfa4bacaf9f76e | Commit | https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/3944c65637dfed14a5a895685edfa4bacaf9f76e |
| 866dc26ad4a98cc835d075b627326e7d7e52ffa1 | Commit | https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/866dc26ad4a98cc835d075b627326e7d7e52ffa1 |
| ecf5fd58a8f50362ce9e8d4245a33d56f29f142b | Commit | https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/core/+/ecf5fd58a8f50362ce9e8d4245a33d56f29f142b |
| Data source | Exploit-DB |
|---|---|
| Date added | Sept. 8, 2016 |
| Description | Google Android - libutils UTF16 to UTF8 Conversion Heap Buffer Overflow |
| Ransomware campaign use | Known |
| Source publication date | Sept. 8, 2016 |
| Exploit type | remote |
| Platform | android |
| Source update date | Dec. 21, 2016 |
| Source URL | https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=840 |
No EPSS data available for this advisory.
| Patch URL | |
|---|---|
| There are no known patches. | |
| Attack Vector (AV) | Attack Complexity (AC) | Privileges Required (PR) | User Interaction (UI) | Scope (S) | Confidentiality Impact (C) | Integrity Impact (I) | Availability Impact (A) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
network adjacent_network local physical |
low high |
none low high |
none required |
unchanged changed |
high low none |
high low none |
high low none |
There are no SSVC decisions available.