What is CVE-2016-0818?

CVE-2016-0818 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-254. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2016-03-12.

How severe is CVE-2016-0818?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2016-0818

The caching functionality in the TrustManagerImpl class in TrustManagerImpl.java in Conscrypt in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.x before 5.1.1 LMY49H, and 6.x before 2016-03-01 mishandles the distinction between an intermediate CA and a trusted root CA, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers by leveraging access to an intermediate CA to issue a certificate, aka internal bug 26232830.

EPSS: 0.003 (18.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Google Android — versions 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

security@android.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
security@android.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
security@android.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
security@android.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-0818?: CVE-2016-0818 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-254. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2016-03-12.
How severe is CVE-2016-0818?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.