CVE-2016-3852 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2016-3852?

CVE-2016-3852 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 5 Aug 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The MediaTek Wi-Fi driver in Android before 2016-08-05 on Android One devices allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 29141147 and MediaTek internal bug ALPS02751738.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-3852?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2016-3852?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-3852 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-3852 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-3852 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-crcm-q749-7h27.