CVE-2016-3831

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The telephony component in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-08-01 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash) via a NITZ time value of 2038-01-19 or later that is mishandled by the system clock, aka internal bug 29083635, related to a "Year 2038 problem."

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
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References

Timeline

Published
Aug 5, 2016
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2016-3831: High severity, CVSS 7.5 | Vulnix