What is CVE-2016-6721?

CVE-2016-6721 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-11-25.

How severe is CVE-2016-6721?

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

Information disclosure in Google Android

CVE-2016-6721

An information disclosure vulnerability in Mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-11-01 and 7.0 before 2016-11-01 could enable a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels. This issue is rated as Moderate because it could be used to access sensitive data without permission. Android ID: A-30875060.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2016-11-25 · 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: 0.004 (32.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 33rd percentile — 32.8% 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 7.0
Google Inc. Android — versions Android-6.0.1, Android-7.0, Android-6.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/94143 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6721?: CVE-2016-6721 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-11-25.
How severe is CVE-2016-6721?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.