What is CVE-2016-8472?

CVE-2016-8472 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2017-01-12.

How severe is CVE-2016-8472?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Google Android

CVE-2016-8472

An information disclosure vulnerability in the MediaTek driver could enable a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android. Versions: N/A. Android ID: A-31531758. References: MT-ALPS02961384.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2017-01-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (22.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 22nd percentile — 22.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/95235 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-8472?: CVE-2016-8472 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2017-01-12.
How severe is CVE-2016-8472?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.