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CVE-2016-3872

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-3872 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the libstagefright component of Android's mediaserver, specifically within the SoftVPX.cpp codec. This flaw affects various Android versions, including 4.x, 5.0.x, 5.1.x, 6.x, and 7.0, prior to their respective September 2016 security updates. Rated with a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability allows attackers to gain elevated privileges through a crafted application. The attack requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), but has low attack complexity (AC:L), potentially leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Furthermore, the vulnerability has received minimal community discussion and media coverage, indicating a low level of public attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.59%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
44.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0059 is in the 43rd percentile among its peer group of 11,615 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

googlevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

android.googlesource.com / platform/frameworks/av/+/630ed150f7201ddadb00b8b8ce0c55c4cc6e8742
Issue TrackingPatch
android.googlesource.com / platform/frameworks/av/+/9f9ba255a0c59544f3555c9c45512c3a2fac5fad
Issue TrackingPatch
source.android.com / security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id/1036763