CVE-2016-0849

Severity: high (CVSS 8.4 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: 2016-04-18 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Multiple integer overflows in minzip/SysUtil.c in the Recovery Procedure in Android 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-04-01 allow attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka internal bug 26960931.

Affected products

Android: 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.1, 5.1.0, 6.0, 6.0.1

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/bootable/recovery/+/28a566f7731b4cb76d2a9ba16d997ac5aeb07dad
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/bootable/recovery/+/28a566f7731b4cb76d2a9ba16d997ac5aeb07dad

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