SB2016031205 - Buffer overflow in Google, Google Android
Published: March 12, 2016 Updated: August 9, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016031205
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Adjecent network
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-0830)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
btif_config.c in Bluetooth in Android 6.x before 2016-03-01 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and persistent daemon crash) by triggering a large number of configuration entries, and consequently exceeding the maximum size of a configuration file, aka internal bug 26071376.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.