What is CVE-2016-11030?

CVE-2016-11030 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2020-04-07.

How severe is CVE-2016-11030?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Google Android

CVE-2016-11030

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with KK(4.4), L(5.0/5.1), and M(6.0) (with Hrm sensor support) software. The sysfs of the MAX86902 sensor driver does not prevent concurrent access, leading to a race condition and resultant heap-based buffer overflow. The Samsung ID is SVE-2016-7341 (December 2016).

Vulnerability class: Race Condition

Published 2020-04-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (21.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 21st percentile — 21.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android — versions 4.4, 5.0, 5.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-11030?: CVE-2016-11030 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2020-04-07.
How severe is CVE-2016-11030?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.