CVE-2016-3861
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3861
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-3861.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-3861
- Related
- Published
- 2016-09-11T21:59:03Z
- Modified
- 2025-04-12T10:46:40Z
- Severity
-
- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
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.
- References
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- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/3944c65637dfed14a5a895685edfa4bacaf9f76e
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/866dc26ad4a98cc835d075b627326e7d7e52ffa1
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/native/+/1f4b49e64adf4623eefda503bca61e253597b9bf
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/core/+/ecf5fd58a8f50362ce9e8d4245a33d56f29f142b
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92811
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40354/
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3861
Affected packages
Debian:11 / android-platform-system-core
Package
- Name
- android-platform-system-core
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/android-platform-system-core?arch=source