CVE-2016-2458

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-200 Information Leak / Disclosure

Publication date:

09/05/2016

Last modified:

12/04/2025

Description

The compose functionality in AOSP Mail in Android 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-05-01 does not properly restrict attachments, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, related to ComposeActivity.java and ComposeActivityEmail.java, aka internal bug 27335139.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x

5.50

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.30 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0

4.30

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0.1:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0.1:::::::*

CVE-2016-2458

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools