CVE-2016-6679

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_hostapd.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 a setwpaie ioctl call, aka Android internal bug 29915601 and Qualcomm internal bug CR 1000913.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-200

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Oct 10, 2016
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2016-6679: Medium severity, CVSS 5.5 | Vulnix