CVE-2016-6676
HIGHAndroid < 7.0 - Buffer Overflow via Wi-Fi Driver GET_CFG ioctl Call
Title source: llmDescription
Off-by-one error in CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_cfg.c in the Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver in Android before 2016-10-05 on Nexus 5X and Android One devices allows attackers to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) via a crafted application that makes a GET_CFG ioctl call, aka Android internal bug 30874066 and Qualcomm internal bug CR 1000853.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-2.0/commit/?id=6ba9136879232442a182996427e5c88e5a7512a8
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93328
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0070
EPSS Percentile
48.8%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-119
Status
published
Products (1)
google/android
< 7.0
Published
Oct 10, 2016
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026