What is CVE-2016-3888?

CVE-2016-3888 is a low-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 2.1/10. Published 2016-09-11.

How severe is CVE-2016-3888?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2016-3888

internal/telephony/SMSDispatcher.java in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, 6.x before 2016-09-01, and 7.0 before 2016-09-01 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the Factory Reset Protection protection mechanism, and send premium SMS messages during the Setup Wizard provisioning stage, via unspecified vectors, aka internal bug 29420123.

Published 2016-09-11 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (6.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 6th percentile — 6.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android — versions 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/92857 (vdb-entry)
source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html (Vendor Advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763 (vdb-entry)
android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/opt/telephony/+/b8d1aee993dcc565e6… (Patch, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-3888?: CVE-2016-3888 is a low-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 2.1/10. Published 2016-09-11.
How severe is CVE-2016-3888?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.1 out of 10.