What is CVE-2016-2417?

CVE-2016-2417 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-04-18.

How severe is CVE-2016-2417?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2016-2417

media/libmedia/IOMX.cpp in mediaserver in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-04-01 does not initialize a parameter data structure, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory, and consequently bypass an unspecified protection mechanism, via unspecified vectors, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka internal bug 26914474.

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.053 (92.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 92.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.053 · newest: 0.053 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android — versions 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39685/ (exploit)
source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html (Vendor Advisory)
android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/1171e7c047bf79e7c93342bb6a812…

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2417?: CVE-2016-2417 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-04-18.
How severe is CVE-2016-2417?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.