CRITICAL
libvpx: remote code execution via crafted media file
Published Mar 12, 2016
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 5.90%
Description
libvpx in mediaserver in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.x before 5.1.1 LMY49H, and 6.0 before 2016-03-01 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted media file, related to libwebm/mkvparser.cpp and other files, aka internal bug 23452792.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 4.0
- 4.0.1
- 4.0.2
- 4.0.3
- 4.0.4
- 4.1
- 4.1.2
- 4.2
- 4.2.1
- 4.2.2
- 4.3
- 4.3.1
- 4.4
- 4.4.1
- 4.4.2
- 4.4.3
- 5.0
- 5.0.1
- 5.0.2
- 5.1
- 5.1.0
- 5.1.1
- 6.0
- 6.0.1
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
libvpx
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
libvpx
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | libvpx | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | libvpx | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
9.8 CRITICAL NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
10.0 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
5.90% 0.05901
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.05901
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 (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 5.90% (0.05901) | 93.00th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.90% (0.05901) | 92.26th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 11, 2025 | 8.45% (0.08448) | 91.90th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 6.15% (0.06147) | 89.87th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 11.76% (0.11762) | 89.47th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 6.15% (0.06147) | 90.12th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.74% (0.02744) | 90.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 11, 2024 | 3.27% (0.03269) | 91.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 20, 2023 | 3.20% (0.03197) | 89.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 5, 2023 | 4.46% (0.04460) | 91.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 5.50% (0.05497) | 92.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.55% (0.04550) | 88.84th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.55% (0.04550) | 87.73th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.55% (0.04550) | 74.11th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (2)
References (11)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179128.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-03-01.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84239 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1621 Vendor Advisory
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libvpx/+/04839626ed859623901ebd3a5fd483982186b59d x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libvpx/+/5a9753fca56f0eeb9f61e342b2fccffc364f9426 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/5a6788730acfc6fd8f4a6ef89d2c376572a26b55 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1318185 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1621
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-09 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1621
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179128.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-03-01.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84239 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1621 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libvpx/+/04839626ed859623901ebd3a5fd483982186b59d | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libvpx/+/5a9753fca56f0eeb9f61e342b2fccffc364f9426 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/5a6788730acfc6fd8f4a6ef89d2c376572a26b55 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1318185 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1621 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-09 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1621 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner Chrome
Published Mar 12, 2016
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Jan 12, 2016
Link CVE-2016-1621
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a