What is CVE-2016-0823?

CVE-2016-0823 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.0/10. Published 2016-03-12.

How severe is CVE-2016-0823?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.0 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Google Android

CVE-2016-0823

The pagemap_open function in fs/proc/task_mmu.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19.3, as used in Android 6.0.1 before 2016-03-01, allows local users to obtain sensitive physical-address information by reading a pagemap file, aka Android internal bug 25739721.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.003 (22.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Google Android — versions 6.0.1
Linux Linux_kernel
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-0823?: CVE-2016-0823 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.0/10. Published 2016-03-12.
How severe is CVE-2016-0823?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.0 out of 10.