CVE-2016-0846 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in the IMemory Native Interface (libs/binder/IMemory.cpp) of Android versions 4.x, 5.0.x, 5.1.x, and 6.x prior to their respective April 2016 security updates. The flaw stems from improper consideration of heap size, allowing a crafted application to gain elevated privileges, such as Signature or SignatureOrSystem access. This vulnerability carries a high CVSSv3 score of 8.4, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit (EDB-39686) is publicly available, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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