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CVE-2016-3898

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-3898 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Android versions 5.0.x, 5.1.x, 6.x, and 7.0. A crafted application can modify the TTY mode by broadcasting an intent, leading to a loss of locked-screen 911 TTY functionality. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and local access requirement, with a high impact on availability. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
34.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0042 is in the 41st percentile among its peer group of 5,760 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 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 0.1 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/packages/services/Telephony/+/d1d248d10cf03498efb7041f1a8c9c467482a19d
Issue TrackingPatch
source.android.com / security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id/1036763