CVE-2016-2493

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The Broadcom Wi-Fi driver in Android before 2016-06-01 on Nexus 5, Nexus 6, Nexus 6P, Nexus 7 (2013), Nexus Player, and Pixel C devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 26571522.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-06-01.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-06-01.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jun 13, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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