CVE-2016-6709
An information disclosure vulnerability in Conscrypt and BoringSSL in Android 6.x before 2016-11-01 and 7.0 before 2016-11-01 could enable a man-in-the-middle attacker to gain access to sensitive information if a non-standard cipher suite is used by an…
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Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.52%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
An information disclosure vulnerability in Conscrypt and BoringSSL in Android 6.x before 2016-11-01 and 7.0 before 2016-11-01 could enable a man-in-the-middle attacker to gain access to sensitive information if a non-standard cipher suite is used by an application. This issue is rated as High because it could be used to access data without permission. Android ID: A-31081987.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.52% probability · 44th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- google/android
- Source
- security@android.com
EPSS 0.5% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94169Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94169Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.htmlVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.