What is CVE-2016-3889?

CVE-2016-3889 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2016-09-11.

How severe is CVE-2016-3889?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2016-3889

Android 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 by accessing (1) an external tile from a system application, (2) the help feature, or (3) the Settings application during a pre-setup stage, aka internal bug 29194585.

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (14.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 14th percentile — 14.1% 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 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/92854 (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/base/+/e206f02d46ae5e38c74d138b51f… (Patch, Issue Tracking)
android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/Settings/+/bd5d5176c74021e8cf49… (Patch, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-3889?: CVE-2016-3889 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2016-09-11.
How severe is CVE-2016-3889?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.