| Name | CVE-2016-3861 |
| Description | LibUtils in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, 6.x before 2016-09-01, and 7.0 before 2016-09-01 mishandles conversions between Unicode character encodings with different encoding widths, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) via a crafted file, aka internal bug 29250543. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 858177 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| android-platform-system-core (PTS) | jessie | 21-6 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 1:7.0.0+r33-1 | fixed | |
| buster | 1:8.1.0+r23-5 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 1:10.0.0+r36-7 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| android-platform-system-core | source | (unstable) | 1:7.0.0+r1-4 | unimportant | 858177 |
Not running as a privileged process in SDK