CVE-2016-6691
service/jni/com_android_server_wifi_Gbk2Utf.cpp in the Qualcomm Wi-Fi gbk2utf module in Android before 2016-10-05 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (framework crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an access point that…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.30%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
service/jni/com_android_server_wifi_Gbk2Utf.cpp in the Qualcomm Wi-Fi gbk2utf module in Android before 2016-10-05 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (framework crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an access point that has a malformed SSID with GBK encoding, aka Qualcomm internal bug CR 978452.
- 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
- 1.30% probability · 69th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-172
- Affected
- google/android
- Source
- security@android.com
References
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93330Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//platform/frameworks/opt/net/wifi/commit/?id=343f123c396b2a97fc7cce396cd5d99365cb9131Issue Tracking, Patch
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93330Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//platform/frameworks/opt/net/wifi/commit/?id=343f123c396b2a97fc7cce396cd5d99365cb9131Issue Tracking, Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.