CVE-2016-3831

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-08-05 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The telephony component 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 2016-08-01 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash) via a NITZ time value of 2038-01-19 or later that is mishandled by the system clock, aka internal bug 29083635, related to a "Year 2038 problem."

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/2016-08-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92230
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/opt/telephony/+/f47bc301ccbc5e6d8110afab5a1e9bac1d4ef058
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92230
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/opt/telephony/+/f47bc301ccbc5e6d8110afab5a1e9bac1d4ef058

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