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CVE-2016-3749

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.4 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-07-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-255

Description

server/LockSettingsService.java in LockSettingsService in Android 6.x before 2016-07-01 allows attackers to modify the screen-lock password or pattern via a crafted application, aka internal bug 28163930.

Affected products

• Android: 6.0, 6.0.1

References

• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/e83f0f6a5a6f35323f5367f99c8e287c440f33f5
• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/e83f0f6a5a6f35323f5367f99c8e287c440f33f5

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