CVE-2016-6723

N/A

Published: November 25, 2016 at 04:00 PM 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 0.6%

Description

A denial of service vulnerability in Proxy Auto Config in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, 6.x before 2016-11-01, and 7.0 before 2016-11-01 could enable a remote attacker to use a specially crafted file to cause a device hang or reboot. This issue is rated as Moderate because it requires an uncommon device configuration. Android ID: A-30100884.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Android · Google

95%

4.0 ≤ v < 4.4.45.0 ≤ v < 5.0.25.1 ≤ v < 5.1.16.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.0.14.4.4 5.0.2 5.1.1 6.0 6.0.1 7.0

Affected range stops below 4.4.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 5.0.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 5.1.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html

References (3)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94185

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html

x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2016/11/07/crashing-android-devices-with-large-pac-files-cve-2016-6723/

CVSS

5.4MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: NONE
Availability: COMPLETE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-284

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