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CVE-2016-6711

Published: 13 December 2016

A remote denial of service vulnerability in libvpx 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 2016-11-01 could enable an attacker to use a specially crafted file to cause a device hang or reboot. This issue is rated as High due to the possibility of remote denial of service. Android ID: A-30593765.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
android
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was ignored [abandoned])
upstream Needs triage

xenial Ignored
(abandoned)
yakkety Ignored
(end of life)
zesty Ignored
(end of life)
Patches:
upstream: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libvpx/+/063be1485e0099bc81ace3a08b0ec9186dcad693

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H