CVE-2016-3911

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 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: 2016-10-10 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

core/java/android/os/Process.java in Zygote in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, 6.x before 2016-10-01, and 7.0 before 2016-10-01 allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 30143607.

Affected products

Android: 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.1 (+17)

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93303
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/2c7008421cb67f5d89f16911bdbe36f6c35311ad
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93303
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/2c7008421cb67f5d89f16911bdbe36f6c35311ad

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