CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-6675

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

An off-by-one error 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 linkspeed ioctl call.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability may lead to privilege escalation or system crashes, posing a serious threat to the security of devices and user data.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Android system to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor applications installed on devices.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Off-by-one error in 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 gain privileges or cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) via a crafted application that makes a linkspeed ioctl call, aka Android internal bug 30873776 and Qualcomm internal bug CR 1000861.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS