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CVE-2016-0832

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-0832 describes a vulnerability in the Setup Wizard of Android 5.1.x (before LMY49H) and 6.x (before March 1, 2016) that allows a physically proximate attacker to bypass Factory Reset Protection. This bypass enables the attacker to delete data on the device. With a CVSS score of 6.1 (Medium), the attack requires physical access to the device and has a high impact on data integrity and availability. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.1MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.9
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.18%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
7.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0018 is in the 13th percentile among its peer group of 1,531 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

googlevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

source.android.com / security/bulletin/2016-03-01.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/84264