CVE-2016-2423

server/telecom/CallsManager.java in Telephony in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5...

6.1 Medium

server/telecom/CallsManager.java in Telephony 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 2016-04-01 does not properly consider whether a device is provisioned, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the Factory Reset Protection protection mechanism and delete data via unspecified vectors, aka internal bug 26303187.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Physical
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: None
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

0.18%Down 0.7 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.1

Record: CVE-2016-2423
CVSS 3.0: 6.1 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 6.6 MediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
Weakness: CWE-264
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2016-2423
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2016-3505 No score

Record: EUVD-2016-3505
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9gxq-7gpj-pf8g 6.1

server/telecom/CallsManager.java in Telephony in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5...

Record: GHSA-9gxq-7gpj-pf8g
CVSS 3.0: 6.1 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-2423 6.1

Record: UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2423
CVSS 3.0: 6.1 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

google android

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`android` Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 20150818-1500-0ubuntu220150818-1500-0ubuntu320160307-0742-0ubuntu320160330-0939-0ubuntu1	None known

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2016-2423 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Google Android, published April 18, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.18%, the 7th percentile. No source names a fixed version.