CVE-2016-2505 — mpeg2ts/ATSParser.cpp in libstagefright in mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-07-01 does not validate a certain section length, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted media file, aka internal bug 28333006

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mpeg2ts/ATSParser.cpp in libstagefright in mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-07-01 does not validate a certain section length, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted media file, aka internal bug 28333006

Published Jul 11, 2016

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 1.14%

Description

mpeg2ts/ATSParser.cpp in libstagefright in mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-07-01 does not validate a certain section length, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted media file, aka internal bug 28333006.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.14% 0.01136

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

EPSS probability 0.01136

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 (10 key points)

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Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.14% (0.01136)	65.33th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.14% (0.01136)	62.25th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.17% (0.00170)	35.73th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.19% (0.00186)	57.17th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 2, 2024	0.19% (0.00186)	56.08th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.19% (0.00186)	54.08th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.90% (0.01902)	77.41th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
May 21, 2022	1.90% (0.01902)	75.68th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.68% (0.01682)	73.95th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.68% (0.01682)	53.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-119

Buffer Overflow

References (2)

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/4f236c532039a61f0cf681d2e3c6e022911bbb5c
x_refsource_CONFIRM

Link	Providers	Tags
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/4f236c532039a61f0cf681d2e3c6e022911bbb5c		x_refsource_CONFIRM

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner google_android

Published Jul 11, 2016

Updated Aug 5, 2024

Reserved Feb 18, 2016

Link CVE-2016-2505

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2016-2505

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2016-2505