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Android ID: A-29422020.","severity":{"version":"3.0","score":5.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-08","score":0.00674,"percentile":0.5241,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-200"],"published":"2016-12-13T19:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-17T00:51:39Z","affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","package":"android","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["20150818-1500-0ubuntu2","20150818-1500-0ubuntu3","20160307-0742-0ubuntu3","20160330-0939-0ubuntu1"]}],"products":[{"vendor":"google","product":"android"}],"references":[{"url":"https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/7c88b498fda1c2b608a9dd73960a2fd4d7b7e3f7","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Issue Tracking","Patch","report"]},{"url":"https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/640b04121d7cd2cac90e2f7c82b97fce05f074a5","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Issue Tracking","Patch","report"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94143","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"]},{"url":"https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory","report"]},{"url":"https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/2c75e1c3b98e4e94f50c63e2b7694be5f948477c","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Issue Tracking","Patch","report"]},{"url":"https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/0f177948ae2640bfe4d70f8e4248e106406b3b0a","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Issue Tracking","Patch","report"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6720"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gmwm-c4j3-pw6p"},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6720","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6720","tags":["report"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2016-6720","description":"An information disclosure vulnerability in libstagefright in Mediaserver 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 2016-11-01, and 7.0 before 2016-11-01 could enable a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels. 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