CVE-2016-3832

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% 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-264

Description

The framework APIs 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 do not ensure that package data originated from the Package Manager, which allows attackers to bypass an unspecified protection mechanism via a crafted application, aka internal bug 28795098.

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/92232
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/e7cf91a198de995c7440b3b64352effd2e309906
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92232
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/e7cf91a198de995c7440b3b64352effd2e309906

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