CVE-2016-6680
N/A
Published: October 10, 2016 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:51 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAndroid
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
Description
CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_wext.c in the Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver in Android before 2016-10-05 on Nexus 5X and Android One devices allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application that makes an iw_set_priv ioctl call, aka Android internal bug 29982678 and Qualcomm internal bug CR 1048052.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (3)
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93309x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-2.0/commit/?id=2f2fa073b95d4700de88c0f7558b4a18c13ac552Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200
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