What is CVE-2016-0832?

CVE-2016-0832 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-254. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-03-12.

How severe is CVE-2016-0832?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2016-0832

Setup Wizard in Android 5.1.x before LMY49H and 6.x before 2016-03-01 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the Factory Reset Protection protection mechanism and delete data via unspecified vectors, aka internal bug 25955042.

Published 2016-03-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (6.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 7th percentile — 6.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android — versions 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-03-01.html (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/84264 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-0832?: CVE-2016-0832 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-254. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-03-12.
How severe is CVE-2016-0832?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.