CVE-2016-2458
MEDIUMAndroid 5.0.x-5.0.2 5.1.x-5.1.1 6.x-2016-05-01 - Information Exposure via AOSP Mail Compose Attachment Handling
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.html
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/Email/+/2791f0b33b610247ef87278862e66c6045f89693
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0047
EPSS Percentile
37.4%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-200
Status
published
Products (6)
google/android
5.0
google/android
5.0.1
google/android
5.1
google/android
5.1.0
google/android
6.0
google/android
6.0.1
Published
May 09, 2016
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026