Google Android 4.0.1 Overflow Gain privileges Vulnerability
22 Aug. 2016
Summary
Google Android is prone to a overflow vulnerability.This allows a remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted packets and cause a denial of service (memory corruption)
Vulnerable Systems:
* Google Android 4.0
* Google Android 4.0.1
* Google Android 4.0.2
* Google Android 4.0.3
* Google Android 4.0.4
* Google Android 4.1
* Google Android 4.1.1
* Google Android 4.1.2
* Google Android 4.2
* Google Android 4.2.1
* Google Android 4.2.2
* Google Android 4.3
* Google Android 4.3.1
* Google Android 5.0
* Google Android 5.0.1
* Google Android 5.1
* Google Android 6
* Google Android 6.0.1
The mm-video-v4l2 venc component 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 2016-06-01 mishandles a buffer count, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka internal bug 27532497.