CVE-2016-6721 — An information disclosure vulnerability in Mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-11-01 and 7.0 before 2016-11-01 could enable a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels

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MEDIUM

An information disclosure vulnerability in Mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-11-01 and 7.0 before 2016-11-01 could enable a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels

Published Nov 25, 2016

5.5

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.41%

Description

An information disclosure vulnerability in Mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-11-01 and 7.0 before 2016-11-01 could enable a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels. This issue is rated as Moderate because it could be used to access sensitive data without permission. Android ID: A-30875060.

Affected products

Vendor Google Inc. Product Android Default
n/a
- Version
  Android-6.0
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -
- Version
  Android-6.0.1
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -
- Version
  Android-7.0
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

Google Inc.

Android

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
Android-6.0	affected	-
Android-6.0.1	affected	-
Android-7.0	affected	-

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.41% 0.00410

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

EPSS probability 0.00410

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	0.41% (0.00410)	32.81th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.41% (0.00410)	32.43th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.06% (0.00063)	16.95th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.06% (0.00055)	24.95th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 20, 2024	0.06% (0.00055)	23.05th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.06% (0.00055)	21.03th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-200

Exposure of Sensitive Information

References (2)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94143
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94143		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory