CVE-2016-2440

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-05-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

libs/binder/IPCThreadState.cpp in Binder in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-05-01 mishandles object references, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 27252896.

Affected products

Android: 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.1 (+16)

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.html
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/native/+/a59b827869a2ea04022dd225007f29af8d61837a
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.html
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/native/+/a59b827869a2ea04022dd225007f29af8d61837a

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