CVE-2016-0830 — btif_config.c in Bluetooth in Android 6.x before 2016-03-01 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and persistent daemon crash) by triggering a large number of configuration entries, and consequently exceeding the maximum size of a configuration file, aka internal bug 26071376

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btif_config.c in Bluetooth in Android 6.x before 2016-03-01 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and persistent daemon crash) by triggering a large number of configuration entries, and consequently exceeding the maximum size of a configuration file, aka internal bug 26071376

Published Mar 12, 2016

6.5

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.53%

Description

btif_config.c in Bluetooth in Android 6.x before 2016-03-01 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and persistent daemon crash) by triggering a large number of configuration entries, and consequently exceeding the maximum size of a configuration file, aka internal bug 26071376.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.53% 0.00531

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00531

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

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Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.53% (0.00531)	42.77th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.53% (0.00531)	40.41th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.51% (0.00513)	64.50th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.38% (0.00384)	73.93th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.38% (0.00384)	72.34th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.38% (0.00384)	68.84th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.14% (0.01136)	59.45th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Oct 18, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	58.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	56.27th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	34.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-119

Buffer Overflow

References (3)

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-03-01.html
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84270
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/bt/+/d77f1999ecece56c1cbb333f4ddc26f0b5bac2c5
x_refsource_CONFIRM

Link	Providers	Tags
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-03-01.html		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84270		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/bt/+/d77f1999ecece56c1cbb333f4ddc26f0b5bac2c5		x_refsource_CONFIRM

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner google_android

Published Mar 12, 2016

Updated Aug 5, 2024

Reserved Dec 16, 2015

Link CVE-2016-0830

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2016-0830

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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