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CVE-2016-1621: google android

CVSS: 10.0v2.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-1621DEBIAN-CVE-2016-1621
Published 12-03-2016Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-1621 is a high (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in google android. EPSS estimates a 5.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
10.0/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
5.90%
0%100%
Low · -0.29 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1

Timeline

  1. 12-03-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

libvpx in mediaserver in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.x before 5.1.1 LMY49H, and 6.0 before 2016-03-01 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted media file, related to libwebm/mkvparser.cpp and other files, aka internal bug 23452792.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

5.90%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

93%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.29 pp

From 6.19% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
5.90%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • libvpx< 1.6.1-1
Google1 product
  • androidEOL4.0 | 4.0.1 | 4.0.2 | 4.0.3 | 4.0.4 | 4.1 | 4.1.2 | 4.2 | 4.2.1 | 4.2.2 | 4.3 | 4.3.1 | 4.4 | 4.4.1 | 4.4.2 | 4.4.3 | 5.0 | 5.0.1 | 5.0.2 | 5.1 | 5.1.0 | 5.1.1 | 6.0 | 6.0.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • android< 20160307-0742-0ubuntu3

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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