THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-3861
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2016-3861

Android vulnerability

CVSS
7.8
EPSS
11.2%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
LibUtils in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, 6.x before 2016-09-01, and 7.0 before 2016-09-01 mishandles conversions between Unicode character encodings with different encoding widths, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) via a crafted file, aka internal bug 29250543.
Affected vendor
Google
Affected product
Android
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
  • CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Published
2016-09-11

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable with local access, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 11.2% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-3861

  • Confirm whether Google Android is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-3861.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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