A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Google Android 4.4.3/5.0.1/5.1.0 (Smartphone Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Mediaserver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality.

The weakness was released 05/02/2016 as Android Security Bulletin - May 2016 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at source.android.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-2459 since 02/18/2016. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/27/2022). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0 or 6.0.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

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• 4.4.3
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