CVE-2016-6690

CVSS V2 High 7.1 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5

Description

The sound driver in the kernel in Android before 2016-10-05 on Nexus 5, Nexus 5X, Nexus 6, Nexus 6P, and Nexus Player devices allows attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a crafted application, aka internal bug 28838221.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2016-6690

Assigner
security@android.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2016-10-10T11:00:07

Last Modified Date
2016-12-06T15:04:56

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-284	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/284.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:o:google:android::::::::	1	OR		7.0

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
COMPLETE

Base Score
7.1

Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
6.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
REQUIRED

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
5.5

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93301	VDB Entry Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6690
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6690

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 09:59:54				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 11:36:23	2016-10-10T11:00Z	2016-10-10T11:00:07	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 11:36:23		2016-12-06T15:04:56	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 11:36:23		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated