CVE-2016-3761

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 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: 2016-07-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

NfcService.java in NFC 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 2016-07-01 allows attackers to obtain sensitive foreground-application information via a crafted background application, aka internal bug 28300969.

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/2016-07-01.html
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/Nfc/+/9ea802b5456a36f1115549b645b65c791eff3c2c
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/Nfc/+/9ea802b5456a36f1115549b645b65c791eff3c2c

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