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CVE-2016-3861

LibUtils 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 mishandles co

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1 on Exploit-DB, 1 proof of concept on GitHub

Summary

LibUtils 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 mishandles conversions between Unicode character encodings with different encoding widths, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) via a crafted file, aka internal bug 29250543.

Timeline

  1. Public exploit on Exploit-DB

    EDB-40354

  2. CVE published
  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • n/a n/a

    Version range not reported

References 10

android.googlesource.com

source.android.com

securitytracker.com

securityfocus.com

Exploit-DB

GitHub · kswzzl/CVE-2016-3861