CVE-2016-3914

CVE-2016-3914 is a race condition vulnerability found in the Telephony component (MmsProvider.java) of Android versions 4.x, 5.0.x, 5.1.x, 6.x, and 7.0. An attacker can exploit this by crafting an application that modifies a database between two open operations, leading to privilege escalation. This vulnerability is rated as High severity (CVSS 7.8), indicating a significant risk. It requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), but once exploited, it can lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit codes in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. The vulnerability has also received minimal community discussion and media coverage, suggesting a low profile in the threat landscape.