The telephony component 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 2016-08-01 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash) via a NITZ time value of 2038-01-19 or later that is mishandled by the system clock, aka internal bug 29083635, related to a "Year 2038 problem."
Published Aug 5, 2016
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.77%
Description
The telephony component 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 2016-08-01 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash) via a NITZ time value of 2038-01-19 or later that is mishandled by the system clock, aka internal bug 29083635, related to a "Year 2038 problem."
Affected products
No data.
- 4.0
- 4.0.1
- 4.0.2
- 4.0.3
- 4.0.4
- 4.1
- 4.1.2
- 4.2
- 4.2.1
- 4.2.2
- 4.3
- 4.3.1
- 4.4
- 4.4.1
- 4.4.2
- 4.4.3
- 5.0
- 5.0.1
- 5.1
- 5.1.0
- 6.0
- 6.0.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.77% (0.00773) | 54.05th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.77% (0.00773) | 50.72th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.50% (0.00502) | 63.95th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.29% (0.00290) | 69.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.29% (0.00290) | 68.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.29% (0.00290) | 64.10th | 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) |
References (3)
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92230 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/opt/telephony/+/f47bc301ccbc5e6d8110afab5a1e9bac1d4ef058 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92230 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/opt/telephony/+/f47bc301ccbc5e6d8110afab5a1e9bac1d4ef058 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch |
Change history (0)
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