What is CVE-2016-2409?

CVE-2016-2409 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2016-04-18.

How severe is CVE-2016-2409?

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

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2016-2409

A Texas Instruments (TI) haptic kernel driver in Android 6.x before 2016-04-01 allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application that leverages control over a service that can call this driver, aka internal bug 25981545.

Published 2016-04-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (42.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 43rd percentile — 42.8% 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 6.0, 6.0.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2409?: CVE-2016-2409 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2016-04-18.
How severe is CVE-2016-2409?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.