CVE-2016-3876

providers/settings/SettingsProvider.java in Android 6.x before 2016-09-01 and 7.0 before 2016-09...

6.8 Medium

providers/settings/SettingsProvider.java in Android 6.x before 2016-09-01 and 7.0 before 2016-09-01 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the SAFE_BOOT_DISALLOWED protection mechanism and boot to safe mode via the Android Debug Bridge (adb) tool, aka internal bug 29900345.

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: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

0.20%Down 0.8 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.8

Record: CVE-2016-3876
CVSS 3.0: 6.8 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 7.2 HighAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness: CWE-264
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2016-3876
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2016-4889 No score

Record: EUVD-2016-4889
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3pqg-4gj7-q4px 6.8

providers/settings/SettingsProvider.java in Android 6.x before 2016-09-01 and 7.0 before 2016-09...

Record: GHSA-3pqg-4gj7-q4px
CVSS 3.0: 6.8 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-3876 6.8

Record: UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3876
CVSS 3.0: 6.8 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:P/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-2016-3876 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Google Android, published September 11, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.20%, the 10th percentile. No source names a fixed version.