CVE-2016-3843: Google Android

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Android before 2016-08-05 does not properly restrict code execution in a kernel context, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, as demonstrated by the kernel performance subsystem and the Qualcomm performance component, aka Android internal bugs 28086229 and 29119870 and Qualcomm internal bug CR1011071.

Affected products

• Google Android: up to and including 6.0.1

Published 2016-08-05. Last modified 2026-06-17.