What is CVE-2016-3761?

CVE-2016-3761 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.0/10. Published 2016-07-11.

How severe is CVE-2016-3761?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.0 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Google Android

CVE-2016-3761

NfcService.java in NFC 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 2016-07-01 allows attackers to obtain sensitive foreground-application information via a crafted background application, aka internal bug 28300969.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-3761?: CVE-2016-3761 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.0/10. Published 2016-07-11.
How severe is CVE-2016-3761?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.0 out of 10.