What is CVE-2016-2498?

CVE-2016-2498 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-06-13.

How severe is CVE-2016-2498?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Google Android

CVE-2016-2498

The Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver in Android before 2016-06-01 on Nexus 7 (2013) devices allows attackers to bypass intended data-access restrictions via a crafted application, aka internal bug 27777162.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2016-06-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (26.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 27th percentile — 26.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android — versions 6.0, 6.0.1
Google Nexus 7

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-06-01.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2498?: CVE-2016-2498 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-06-13.
How severe is CVE-2016-2498?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.