HIGH
LibUtils in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, 6.x before 2016-09-01, and 7.0 before 2016-09-01 mishandles conversions between Unicode character encodings with different encoding widths, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) via a crafted file, aka internal bug 29250543
Published Sep 11, 2016
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 9.83%
Description
LibUtils in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, 6.x before 2016-09-01, and 7.0 before 2016-09-01 mishandles conversions between Unicode character encodings with different encoding widths, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) via a crafted file, aka internal bug 29250543.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 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
- 7.0
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.
7.8 HIGH NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
9.3 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
9.83% 0.09834
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.09834
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 (31 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 9.83% (0.09834) | 95.42th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 9.83% (0.09834) | 95.34th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 22.79% (0.22792) | 97.68th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 6, 2026 | 9.83% (0.09834) | 95.23th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 22.79% (0.22792) | 97.63th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 30, 2026 | 9.83% (0.09834) | 95.21th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 28, 2026 | 22.79% (0.22792) | 97.61th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 24, 2026 | 9.83% (0.09834) | 95.18th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 23, 2026 | 22.79% (0.22792) | 97.61th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 9.83% (0.09834) | 95.07th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 11.17% (0.11172) | 95.37th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 11.48% (0.11483) | 92.97th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 41.03% (0.41029) | 96.08th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 28, 2025 | 11.48% (0.11483) | 92.97th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 27, 2025 | 41.03% (0.41029) | 96.92th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 20, 2025 | 34.59% (0.34588) | 96.68th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 41.03% (0.41029) | 96.97th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 34.59% (0.34588) | 96.63th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 3.19% (0.03186) | 91.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 4, 2024 | 3.12% (0.03116) | 91.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 29, 2024 | 2.22% (0.02221) | 89.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 26, 2024 | 2.49% (0.02488) | 89.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 22, 2024 | 2.51% (0.02507) | 89.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 19, 2024 | 1.90% (0.01897) | 87.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 13, 2023 | 2.67% (0.02665) | 89.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 4, 2023 | 2.53% (0.02532) | 89.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 24, 2023 | 3.32% (0.03323) | 90.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.59% (0.02590) | 88.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 26.96% (0.26962) | 97.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jul 23, 2022 | 26.96% (0.26962) | 97.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 24.57% (0.24566) | 95.26th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (2)
References (8)
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92811 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/3944c65637dfed14a5a895685edfa4bacaf9f76e x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/866dc26ad4a98cc835d075b627326e7d7e52ffa1 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/native/+/1f4b49e64adf4623eefda503bca61e253597b9bf x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/core/+/ecf5fd58a8f50362ce9e8d4245a33d56f29f142b x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40354/ exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92811 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/3944c65637dfed14a5a895685edfa4bacaf9f76e | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch | |
| https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/866dc26ad4a98cc835d075b627326e7d7e52ffa1 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch | |
| https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/native/+/1f4b49e64adf4623eefda503bca61e253597b9bf | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch | |
| https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/core/+/ecf5fd58a8f50362ce9e8d4245a33d56f29f142b | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch | |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40354/ | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner google_android
Published Sep 11, 2016
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Mar 30, 2016
Link CVE-2016-3861
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a