CVE-2016-2500
Activity Manager in Android 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-06-01...
Activity Manager in Android 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-06-01 does not properly terminate process groups, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka internal bug 19285814.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Activity Manager in Android 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-06-01 does not properly terminate process groups, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka internal bug 19285814.
- Record
CVE-2016-2500- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Activity Manager in Android 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-06-01 does not properly terminate process groups, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka internal bug 19285814.
- Record
CVE-2016-2500- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-3582 No score
Activity Manager in Android 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-06-01 does not properly terminate process groups, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka internal bug 19285814.
- Record
EUVD-2016-3582- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h38v-9xpj-64wj
Activity Manager in Android 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-06-01...
Activity Manager in Android 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-06-01 does not properly terminate process groups, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka internal bug 19285814.
- Record
GHSA-h38v-9xpj-64wj- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-2500
Activity Manager in Android 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-06-01 does not properly terminate process groups, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka internal bug 19285814.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2500- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
androidUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 20150818-1500-0ubuntu220150818-1500-0ubuntu320160307-0742-0ubuntu320160330-0939-0ubuntu1 |
None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-2500 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) 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 0.36%, the 29th percentile. No source names a fixed version.