CVE-2016-0836 — Stack-based buffer overflow in decoder/impeg2d_vld.c in mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-04-01 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted media file, aka internal bug 25812590

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Stack-based buffer overflow in decoder/impeg2d_vld.c in mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-04-01 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted media file, aka internal bug 25812590

Published Apr 18, 2016

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 2.25%

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in decoder/impeg2d_vld.c in mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-04-01 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted media file, aka internal bug 25812590.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.25% 0.02245

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02245

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

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Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.25% (0.02245)	82.25th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.25% (0.02245)	80.53th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.67% (0.00670)	69.64th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.07% (0.00068)	31.82th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 11, 2024	0.07% (0.00068)	29.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.07% (0.00068)	27.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.97% (0.01970)	78.68th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.97% (0.01970)	76.79th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.97% (0.01970)	55.87th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-119

Buffer Overflow

References (2)

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libmpeg2/+/8b4ed5a23175b7ffa56eea4678db7287f825e985
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libmpeg2/+/8b4ed5a23175b7ffa56eea4678db7287f825e985		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner google_android

Published Apr 18, 2016

Updated Aug 5, 2024

Reserved Dec 16, 2015

Link CVE-2016-0836

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2016-0836

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2016-0836