CVE-2016-2496

The Framework UI permission-dialog implementation in Android 6.x before 2016-06-01 allows...

9.8 Critical

The Framework UI permission-dialog implementation in Android 6.x before 2016-06-01 allows attackers to conduct tapjacking attacks and access arbitrary private-storage files by creating a partially overlapping window, aka internal bug 26677796.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

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

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

0.91%Down 0.1 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.8

Record: CVE-2016-2496
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 10.0 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness: CWE-1021
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2016-2496
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2016-3578 No score

Record: EUVD-2016-3578
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-98hv-c54f-3q9x 9.8

The Framework UI permission-dialog implementation in Android 6.x before 2016-06-01 allows...

Record: GHSA-98hv-c54f-3q9x
CVSS 3.0: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-1021
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-2496 9.8

Record: UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2496
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.0: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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-2016-2496 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Google Android, published June 13, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.91%, the 60th percentile. No source names a fixed version.