CVE-2016-3885

7.8 highEPSS 1.2%

High (7.8) in google android. EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

debuggerd/debuggerd.cpp in Debuggerd in Android 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, 6.x before 2016-09-01, and 7.0 before 2016-09-01 mishandles the interaction between PTRACE_ATTACH operations and thread exits, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 29555636.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

7.8 high

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 68% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-264
Published: 2016-09-11
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

google:android

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92876
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/core/+/d7603583f90c2bc6074a4ee2886bd28082d7c65b

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