What is CVE-2016-3896?

CVE-2016-3896 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-09-11.

How severe is CVE-2016-3896?

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

Information disclosure in Google Android

CVE-2016-3896

AOSP Mail 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 2016-09-01 allows attackers to obtain sensitive EmailAccountCacheProvider information via a crafted application, aka internal bug 29767043.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2016-09-11 · 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 (38.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 39th percentile — 38.9% 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 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/Email/+/cb2dfe43f25cb0c32cc73aa… (Patch, Issue Tracking)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/92848 (vdb-entry)
source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html (Vendor Advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-3896?: CVE-2016-3896 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-09-11.
How severe is CVE-2016-3896?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.