CVE-2016-6679

MEDIUM

Android < 7.0 - Exposure of Sensitive Information via setwpaie ioctl Call

Title source: llm

Description

CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_hostapd.c in the Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver in Android before 2016-10-05 on Nexus 5X and Android One devices allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application that makes a setwpaie ioctl call, aka Android internal bug 29915601 and Qualcomm internal bug CR 1000913.

References (4)

Core 4

Core References

Patch x_refsource_confirm

https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-2.0/commit/?id=f081695446679aa44baa0d00940ea18455eeb4c5

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/93309

Patch x_refsource_confirm

https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/prima/commit/?id=d39345f0abc309959d831d09fcbf1619cc0ae0f5

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0056

EPSS Percentile 42.5%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE

CWE-200

Status published

Products (1)

google/android < 7.0

Published Oct 10, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026