CVE-2016-0803

Publication date 7 February 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

libstagefright in mediaserver in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.x before 5.1.1 LMY49G, and 6.x before 2016-02-01 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted media file that triggers a large memory allocation in the (1) SoftMPEG4Encoder or (2) SoftVPXEncoder component, aka internal bug 25812794.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
android	17.04 zesty	Ignored
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored
	16.04 LTS xenial	Ignored
	15.10 wily	Ignored
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
libhybris	17.04 zesty	Not affected
	16.10 yakkety	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	15.10 wily	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release

Notes

sbeattie

libhybris does not expose the stagefright encoders ignoring releases where android is not supported

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 9.8 · Critical

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.8 · Critical
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H