CVE-2016-3888

internal/telephony/SMSDispatcher.java in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, 6.x before 2016-09-01, and 7.0 before 2016-09-01 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the Factory Reset Protection protection mechanism, and send premium SMS messages during the Setup Wizard provisioning stage, via unspecified vectors, aka internal bug 29420123.

Published: 2016-09-11 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2016-3888 is rated Low Risk (11.1/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.18%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-3888

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.02% 0.18% +0.15%
2 2025-03-17 0.06% 0.02% -0.03%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.06% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2016-3888

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 3.0 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:P)
Hands-on access—USB, keyboard, opening the case—not something you do purely over the wire.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 0.7 1.4 [email protected]
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2016-3888

OS Trackers for CVE-2016-3888

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2016-3888 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (android), 4 status rows across 4 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 2, not-affected 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3888

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2016-3888

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
google android 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android 4.0.2 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android 4.0.3 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android 4.0.4 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android 4.1 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android 4.1.2 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android 4.2 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android 4.2.1 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android 4.2.2 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android 4.3 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android 4.3.1 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android 4.4 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android 4.4.1 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android 4.4.2 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android 4.4.3 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android 5.0.1 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android 5.1 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android 5.1.0 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android 6.0.1 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2016-3888

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