Vulnerability in Google Android
CVE-2016-3914
Race condition in providers/telephony/MmsProvider.java in Telephony 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 2016-10-01, and 7.0 before 2016-10-01 allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application that modifies a database between two open operations, aka internal bug 30481342.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (34.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 34th percentile — 34.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Google Android — versions 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html (Vendor Advisory)
- android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/providers/TelephonyProvider/+/3a3a5d… (Patch, Issue Tracking)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/93300 (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-3914?
- CVE-2016-3914 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2016-10-10.
- How severe is CVE-2016-3914?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.