CVE-2016-5341 — The GPS component in Android before 2016-12-05 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to cause a denial of service (GPS signal-acquisition delay) via an incorrect xtra.bin or xtra2.bin file on a spoofed Qualcomm gpsonextra.net or izatcloud.net host, aka internal bug 31470303 and external bug 211602 (and AndroidID-7225554)

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The GPS component in Android before 2016-12-05 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to cause a denial of service (GPS signal-acquisition delay) via an incorrect xtra.bin or xtra2.bin file on a spoofed Qualcomm gpsonextra.net or izatcloud.net host, aka internal bug 31470303 and external bug 211602 (and AndroidID-7225554)

Published Dec 6, 2016

5.9

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.86%

Description

The GPS component in Android before 2016-12-05 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to cause a denial of service (GPS signal-acquisition delay) via an incorrect xtra.bin or xtra2.bin file on a spoofed Qualcomm gpsonextra.net or izatcloud.net host, aka internal bug 31470303 and external bug 211602 (and AndroidID-7225554).

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.86% 0.00860

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

EPSS probability 0.00860

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	0.86% (0.00860)	56.99th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.85% (0.00853)	53.31th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.23% (0.00229)	43.70th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.17% (0.00174)	55.84th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 20, 2024	0.17% (0.00174)	54.78th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.17% (0.00174)	52.75th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.02% (0.01018)	40.69th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	1.02% (0.01018)	38.88th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.02% (0.01018)	36.86th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.02% (0.01018)	19.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-284

References (4)

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94689
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2017-12-01
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2016/12/05/cve-2016-5341/
x_refsource_MISCMitigationThird Party Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94689		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2017-12-01		x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2016/12/05/cve-2016-5341/		x_refsource_MISCMitigationThird Party Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Dec 6, 2016

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Jun 9, 2016

Link CVE-2016-5341

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2016-5341

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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