CVE-2016-0801
The Broadcom Wi-Fi driver in the kernel in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.x before 5.1.1 LMY49G, and 6.x before 2016-02-01 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted wireless control…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 33.4%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The Broadcom Wi-Fi driver in the kernel in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.x before 5.1.1 LMY49G, and 6.x before 2016-02-01 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted wireless control message packets, aka internal bug 25662029.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 33.37% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 11 May 2016
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- apple/iphone os · apple/mac os x · apple/tvos · apple/watchos · google/android
- Source
- security@android.com
EPSS moved from 15.2% on 21 September 2026 to 33.4% on 4 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-02-01.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2016-004.txt
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035353
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00015.html
- https://support.apple.com/HT206166
- https://support.apple.com/HT206167
- https://support.apple.com/HT206168
- https://support.apple.com/HT206169
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39801/
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-02-01.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2016-004.txt
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035353
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00015.html
- https://support.apple.com/HT206166
- https://support.apple.com/HT206167
- https://support.apple.com/HT206168
- https://support.apple.com/HT206169
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39801/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.