CVE-2016-2416 Missing authorization in n/a

What is CVE-2016-2416?

CVE-2016-2416 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in Google Android, published on 18 Apr 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

libs/gui/BufferQueueConsumer.cpp in mediaserver in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-04-01 does not check for the android.permission.DUMP permission, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information, and consequently bypass an unspecified protection mechanism, via a dump request, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka internal bug 27046057.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-2416?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2016-2416?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-2416 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2016-2416 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2416 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2025-48543 Android Runtime Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2023-35674 Android Framework Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2025-48595 Android Framework Integer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2024-32896 Android Pixel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.1

All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-cwjq-f886-26mq, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2416.