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CVE-2016-3861

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 9.83% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-09-11 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2016-3861
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
9.83%
Android

Original NVD Description

LibUtils 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 mishandles conversions between Unicode character encodings with different encoding widths, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) via a crafted file, aka internal bug 29250543.