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CVE-2016-2414 Details

Description

The Minikin library in Android 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-04-01 does not properly consider negative size values in font data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and reboot loop) via a crafted font, aka internal bug 26413177.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.2 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/minikin/+/ca8ac8acdad662230ae37998c6c4091bb39402b6	CVE
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/minikin/+/f4785aa1947b8d22d5b19559ef1ca526d98e0e73	CVE
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=192618	CVE
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/minikin/+/ca8ac8acdad662230ae37998c6c4091bb39402b6	[email protected]
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/minikin/+/f4785aa1947b8d22d5b19559ef1ca526d98e0e73	[email protected]
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=192618	[email protected]
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory

see all 8 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-20	Improper Input Validation	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
google android	5.0 5.0.1 5.1 5.1.0 6.0
CPE 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:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 6, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 21, 2016	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Apr 19, 2016	Initial Analysis	[email protected]