Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 10, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2016-3918

Description

email/provider/AttachmentProvider.java in AOSP Mail 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 2016-10-01, and 7.0 before 2016-10-01 does not ensure that certain values are integers, which allows attackers to read arbitrary attachments via a crafted application that provides a pathname value, aka internal bug 30745403.

Patches

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Vulnerability mechanics

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References

android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/Email/+/6b2b0bd7c771c698f11d7be89c2c57c8722c7454nvdIssue TrackingPatch
source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/93299nvd

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