What is CVE-2016-6689?

CVE-2016-6689 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-10-10.

How severe is CVE-2016-6689?

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

Information disclosure in Google Android

CVE-2016-6689

Binder in the kernel in Android before 2016-10-05 on Nexus devices allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka internal bug 30768347.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2016-10-10 · 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: 0.020 (80.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 80.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/93323 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40515/ (exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6689?: CVE-2016-6689 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-10-10.
How severe is CVE-2016-6689?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.