Unchecked Read Operations in Region_createFromParcel Function in Android

CVE-2015-3849 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

The Region_createFromParcel function in core/jni/android/graphics/Region.cpp in Region in Android before 5.1.1 LMY48M does not check the return values of certain read operations, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via an application that sends a crafted message to a service, aka internal bug 21585255.

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