CVE-2016-3899
Status: ModifiedMedium (5.5)—
Severity5.5Medium · CVSS 3.0
Exploitation probability0.70 %higher than 53% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found
OMXCodec.cpp in libstagefright in mediaserver 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 does not validate a certain pointer, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device hang or reboot) via a crafted media file, aka internal bug 29421811.
CVSS
- Base score
- 5.5
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- 0.70 %
- Percentile among all scored CVEs
- 53
- Score date
- 10/23/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- CWE-284
References
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- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92821
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/97837bb6cbac21ea679843a0037779d3834bed64
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92821
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/97837bb6cbac21ea679843a0037779d3834bed64
Raw JSON (NVD)
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