CVE-2016-6712

NameCVE-2016-6712
DescriptionA remote denial of service vulnerability in libvpx in Mediaserver in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-11-01 could enable an attacker to use a specially crafted file to cause a device hang or reboot. This issue is rated as High due to the possibility of remote denial of service. Android ID: A-30593752.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libvpx (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1.3.0-3+deb8u5vulnerable
stretch (security)1.6.1-3+deb9u3fixed
stretch (lts), stretch1.6.1-3+deb9u6fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)1.7.0-3+deb10u3fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye1.9.0-1+deb11u3fixed
bookworm (security), bookworm1.12.0-1+deb12u3fixed
sid, trixie1.15.0-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libvpxsourcewheezy(not affected)
libvpxsource(unstable)1.6.1-1

Notes

[jessie] - libvpx <ignored> (Minpr issue)
[wheezy] - libvpx <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
probably fixed earlier, but this was the version checked
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libvpx/+/fdb1b40e7bb147c07bda988c9501ad223795d12d

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