CVE-2016-3849

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 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: 2016-08-05 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The ION driver in Android before 2016-08-05 on Pixel C devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 28939740.

Affected products

Android: through 6.0.1

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92243
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92243

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