CVE-2016-3896
Status: ModifiedMedium (5.5)—
Severity5.5Medium · CVSS 3.0
Exploitation probability0.48 %higher than 40% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found
AOSP Mail 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 2016-09-01 allows attackers to obtain sensitive EmailAccountCacheProvider information via a crafted application, aka internal bug 29767043.
CVSS
- Base score
- 5.5
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- 0.48 %
- Percentile among all scored CVEs
- 40
- Score date
- 10/23/2026
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
- CWE-200
References
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- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92848
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/Email/+/cb2dfe43f25cb0c32cc73aa4569c0a5186a4ef43
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92848
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/Email/+/cb2dfe43f25cb0c32cc73aa4569c0a5186a4ef43
Raw JSON (NVD)
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