Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 5, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2016-3838

Description

Android 6.x before 2016-08-01 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (loss of locked-screen 911 functionality) via a crafted application that uses the app-pinning feature, aka internal bug 28761672.

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/468651c86a8adb7aa56c708d2348e99022088af3nvdIssue TrackingPatch
source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/92244nvd

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