CVE-2026-55256 is a critical Android System vulnerability caused by improper input validation in parsePartHeaders implementations across multiple unspecified files. A remotely supplied malformed input processed by the affected header-parsing code can trigger a persistent denial-of-service condition.
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Critical denial-of-service vulnerability in Android System.
Critical Android System denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Android 14, 15, 16, 16 QPR2, and 17.
An improper input-validation vulnerability in parsePartHeaders across multiple files that can enable persistent remote denial of service without user interaction or additional execution privileges.
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