CVE-2016-6713

low-risk

Published 2016-11-25

A remote denial of service vulnerability in Mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-11-01 and 7.0 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-30822755.

Do I need to act?

0.13% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 5.5/10 Medium

LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Android

Affected Vendors

Google

References (4)

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94137

Vendor Advisory https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94137

Vendor Advisory https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html

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low-risk

Severity 18/34 · Moderate

Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal

Exposure 7/34 · Low