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CVE-2016-6691 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html CVEVendor Advisory
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//platform/frameworks/opt/net/wifi/commit/?id=343f123c396b2a97fc7cce396cd5d99365cb9131 CVEIssue TrackingPatch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93330 CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html [email protected]Vendor Advisory
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//platform/frameworks/opt/net/wifi/commit/?id=343f123c396b2a97fc7cce396cd5d99365cb9131 [email protected]Issue TrackingPatch

see all 6 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-172Encoding Error[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
google android
<= 7.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-6691
NVD Published Date:
Oct 10, 2016
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2016-6691 Details - Not Deferred