CVE-2016-0849 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Multiple integer overflows in minzip/SysUtil.c in the Recovery Procedure in Android 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-04-01 allow attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka internal bug 26960931.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00015.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Google	Android

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0.1:::::::*

No data.

No data.

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-0860	Multiple integer overflows in minzip/SysUtil.c in the Recovery Procedure in Android 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-04-01 allow attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka internal bug 26960931.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/bootable/recovery/+/28a566f7731b4cb76d2a9ba16d997ac5aeb07dad

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00041}`	epss `{'score': 0.00015}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: google_android

Published: 2016-04-18T00:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T22:30:05.064Z

Reserved: 2015-12-16T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-0849

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-04-18T00:59:13.290

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-0849

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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