CVE-2016-3856

7.8 HIGH

Published: August 06, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026

Description

netd in Android before 2016-08-05 mishandles tethering and stdio streams, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application, aka Qualcomm internal bug CR959631.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html

Source: security@android.com

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92256

Source: security@android.com

https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/system/netd/commit/?h=LA.BF64.1.2.1&id=cc2853e6cec8ca2cf92430ad9a83358b131fc417

Source: security@android.com

Issue Tracking Patch

https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/system/netd/commit/?h=LA.BR.1&id=568ef402f6d5a7a50c126aafc78c4edf59abba1c

Source: security@android.com

Issue Tracking Patch

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92256

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/system/netd/commit/?h=LA.BF64.1.2.1&id=cc2853e6cec8ca2cf92430ad9a83358b131fc417

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue Tracking Patch

https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/system/netd/commit/?h=LA.BR.1&id=568ef402f6d5a7a50c126aafc78c4edf59abba1c

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue Tracking Patch

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

7.8 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

0.1%

26th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-19

Affected Vendors

google

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