CVE-2016-3888

Status: ModifiedLow (2.1)—
Severity2.1Low · CVSS 3.0
Exploitation probability0.18 %higher than 7% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

internal/telephony/SMSDispatcher.java 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 2016-09-01, and 7.0 before 2016-09-01 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the Factory Reset Protection protection mechanism, and send premium SMS messages during the Setup Wizard provisioning stage, via unspecified vectors, aka internal bug 29420123.

CVSS

Base score
2.1
Version
3.0
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
0.18 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
7
Score date
10/22/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

CWEs

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