UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3861

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3861
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3861.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3861
Related
Published
2016-09-11T21:59:00Z
Modified
2025-01-13T10:21:14Z
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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / android

Package

Name
android
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/android@20160330-0939-0ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

Other

20150818-1500-0ubuntu2
20150818-1500-0ubuntu3
20160307-0742-0ubuntu3
20160330-0939-0ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / android-platform-system-core

Package

Name
android-platform-system-core
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/android-platform-system-core@1:6.0.1+r16-3?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

Other

21-6

1:6.*

1:6.0.0+r26-1
1:6.0.1+r16-1
1:6.0.1+r16-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}