Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-3895 - Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in Google Android 6.0/6.0.1/7.0

047910
CVSS 5.5 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
local
low complexity
google
CWE-190

Summary

Integer overflow in the Region::unflatten function in libs/ui/Region.cpp in mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-09-01 and 7.0 before 2016-09-01 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka internal bug 29983260.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Google
3

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Forced Integer Overflow
    This attack forces an integer variable to go out of range. The integer variable is often used as an offset such as size of memory allocation or similarly. The attacker would typically control the value of such variable and try to get it out of range. For instance the integer in question is incremented past the maximum possible value, it may wrap to become a very small, or negative number, therefore providing a very incorrect value which can lead to unexpected behavior. At worst the attacker can execute arbitrary code.