What is CVE-2016-2423?

CVE-2016-2423 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-04-18.

How severe is CVE-2016-2423?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2016-2423

server/telecom/CallsManager.java in Telephony 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 properly consider whether a device is provisioned, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the Factory Reset Protection protection mechanism and delete data via unspecified vectors, aka internal bug 26303187.

EPSS: 0.002 (7.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Google Android — versions 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

security@android.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
security@android.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2423?: CVE-2016-2423 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-04-18.
How severe is CVE-2016-2423?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.