What is CVE-2016-11039?

CVE-2016-11039 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-04-07.

How severe is CVE-2016-11039?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Google Android

CVE-2016-11039

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with KK(4.4), L(5.0/5.1), and M(6.0) (AP + CP MDM9x35, or Qualcomm Onechip) software. There is a NULL pointer dereference issue in the IPC socket code. The Samsung ID is SVE-2016-5980 (July 2016).

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (41.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 41st percentile — 41.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android — versions 4.4, 5.0, 5.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-11039?: CVE-2016-11039 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-04-07.
How severe is CVE-2016-11039?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.