What is CVE-2016-3837?

CVE-2016-3837 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-08-05.

How severe is CVE-2016-3837?

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

Information disclosure in Google Android

CVE-2016-3837

service/jni/com_android_server_wifi_WifiNative.cpp in Wi-Fi in Android 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-08-01 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application that provides a MAC address with too few characters, aka internal bug 28164077.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2016-08-05 · 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: 0.005 (37.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 37th percentile — 37.1% 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 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html (Vendor Advisory)
android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/opt/net/wifi/+/a209ff12ba9617c1055… (Patch, Issue Tracking)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/92235 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-3837?: CVE-2016-3837 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-08-05.
How severe is CVE-2016-3837?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.