What is CVE-2016-6711?

CVE-2016-6711 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-12-13.

How severe is CVE-2016-6711?

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

Improper input validation in Google Android

CVE-2016-6711

A remote denial of service vulnerability in libvpx in Mediaserver 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 2016-11-01 could enable an attacker to use a specially crafted file to cause a device hang or reboot. This issue is rated as High due to the possibility of remote denial of service. Android ID: A-30593765.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2016-12-13 · 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:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (56.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 56.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android — versions 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/94137 (vdb-entry)
source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html (Vendor Advisory)
android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libvpx/+/063be1485e0099bc81ace3a08b0… (Patch, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6711?: CVE-2016-6711 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-12-13.
How severe is CVE-2016-6711?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.