{
    "id": "CVE-2016-3861",
    "published": "2016-09-11 21:59:03",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 00:46:28",
    "cvss_score": "7.8",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "3.0",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-119",
    "description": "LibUtils in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 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 conversions between Unicode character encodings with different encoding widths, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) via a crafted file, aka internal bug 29250543.",
    "epss_score": "0.08288",
    "epss_percentile": "0.94766",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-04 18:17:14",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "google",
            "product": "android"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "40354",
            "title": "Google Android - libutils UTF16 to UTF8 Conversion Heap Buffer Overflow",
            "date": "2016-09-08",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40354"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92811",
        "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763",
        "https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/3944c65637dfed14a5a895685edfa4bacaf9f76e",
        "https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/866dc26ad4a98cc835d075b627326e7d7e52ffa1",
        "https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/native/+/1f4b49e64adf4623eefda503bca61e253597b9bf",
        "https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/core/+/ecf5fd58a8f50362ce9e8d4245a33d56f29f142b",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40354/",
        "http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92811",
        "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763",
        "https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/3944c65637dfed14a5a895685edfa4bacaf9f76e",
        "https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/866dc26ad4a98cc835d075b627326e7d7e52ffa1",
        "https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/native/+/1f4b49e64adf4623eefda503bca61e253597b9bf",
        "https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/core/+/ecf5fd58a8f50362ce9e8d4245a33d56f29f142b",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40354/"
    ]
}