CVE-2016-3909
Status: ModifiedHigh (7.8)—
Severity7.8High · CVSS 3.0
Exploitation probability0.56 %higher than 46% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found
The SoftMPEG4 component in libstagefright in mediaserver 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 30033990.
CVSS
- Base score
- 7.8
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- 0.56 %
- Percentile among all scored CVEs
- 46
- 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-264
References
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- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93296
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/c48ef757cc50906e8726a3bebc3b60716292cdba
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/d4271b792bdad85a80e2b83ab34c4b30b74f53ec
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93296
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/c48ef757cc50906e8726a3bebc3b60716292cdba
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/d4271b792bdad85a80e2b83ab34c4b30b74f53ec
Raw JSON (NVD)
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