Heap Pointer Mishandling in mm-video-v4l2 venc Component in Android

CVE-2016-3823 · MEDIUM Severity

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

The secure-session feature in the mm-video-v4l2 venc component in mediaserver in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-08-01 mishandles heap pointers, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 28815329.

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