CVE-2016-6703
Status: ModifiedHigh (7.8)—
Severity7.8High · CVSS 3.0
Exploitation probability0.96 %higher than 61% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found
A remote code execution vulnerability in an Android runtime library 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 2016-11-01 could enable an attacker using a specially crafted payload to execute arbitrary code in the context of an unprivileged process. This issue is rated as High due to the possibility of remote code execution in an application that uses the Android runtime. Android ID: A-30765246.
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
- 0.96 %
- Percentile among all scored CVEs
- 61
- 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-284
References
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