CVE-2016-0812

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-02-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The interceptKeyBeforeDispatching function in policy/src/com/android/internal/policy/impl/PhoneWindowManager.java in Setup Wizard in Android 5.1.x before 5.1.1 LMY49G and 6.0 before 2016-02-01 does not properly check for setup completion, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the Factory Reset Protection protection mechanism and delete data via unspecified vectors, aka internal bug 25229538.

Affected products

Android: 5.1, 5.1.0, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-02-01.html
https://android.googlesource.com/platform%2Fframeworks%2Fbase/+/84669ca8de55d38073a0dcb01074233b0a417541
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-02-01.html
https://android.googlesource.com/platform%2Fframeworks%2Fbase/+/84669ca8de55d38073a0dcb01074233b0a417541

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