UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0831

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-0831
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0831.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0831
Upstream
  • CVE-2016-0831
Published
2016-03-12T21:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:35Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

The getDeviceIdForPhone function in internal/telephony/PhoneSubInfoController.java in Telephony in Android 5.x before 5.1.1 LMY49H and 6.x before 2016-03-01 does not check for the READPHONESTATE permission, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka internal bug 25778215.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / android

Package

Name
android
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/android@20160307-0742-0ubuntu3?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
20160307-0742-0ubuntu3

Affected versions

Other
20150818-1500-0ubuntu2
20150818-1500-0ubuntu3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "android",
            "binary_version": "20160307-0742-0ubuntu3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "android-copyright",
            "binary_version": "20160307-0742-0ubuntu3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "android-emulator",
            "binary_version": "20160307-0742-0ubuntu3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ubuntu-emulator-images",
            "binary_version": "20160307-0742-0ubuntu3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ubuntu-emulator-runtime",
            "binary_version": "20160307-0742-0ubuntu3"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0831.json"