CVE-2016-3836

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 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: 2016-08-05 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The SurfaceFlinger service in Android 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-08-01 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, related to lack of a default constructor in include/ui/FrameStats.h, aka internal bug 28592402.

Affected products

Android: 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.1, 5.1.0, 6.0, 6.0.1

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92224
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/native/+/3bcf0caa8cca9143443814b36676b3bae33a4368
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92224
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/native/+/3bcf0caa8cca9143443814b36676b3bae33a4368

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