What is CVE-2016-1198?

CVE-2016-1198 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ntt Photopt, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2017-04-21.

How severe is CVE-2016-1198?

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

Vulnerability in Ntt Photopt

CVE-2016-1198

Photopt for Android before 2.0.1 does not verify SSL certificates.

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

Published 2017-04-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (56.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 56.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Ntt Photopt — versions 1.0.0, 1.1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

References

jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2016/JVNDB-2016-000050.html (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN11815655/index.html (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
mypocket.ntt.com/photopt/info/info_001.html (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1198?: CVE-2016-1198 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ntt Photopt, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2017-04-21.
How severe is CVE-2016-1198?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.