Memory Corruption Vulnerability in Android's NuPlayer::GenericSource::notifyPreparedAndCleanup Function

CVE-2016-0804 · HIGH Severity

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

The NuPlayer::GenericSource::notifyPreparedAndCleanup function in media/libmediaplayerservice/nuplayer/GenericSource.cpp in mediaserver in Android 5.x before 5.1.1 LMY49G and 6.x before 2016-02-01 improperly manages mDrmManagerClient objects, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted media file, aka internal bug 25070434.

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