CVE-2016-3878: Google Android

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

decoder/ih264d_api.c in mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-09-01 mishandles the case of decoding zero MBs, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device hang or reboot) via a crafted media file, aka internal bug 29493002.

Affected products

• Google Android: version 6.0 only; version 6.0.1 only

Published 2016-09-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.