CVE-2016-6690

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

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

Weakness enumeration

CWE-284

Affected software

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

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93301Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93301Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Timeline

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

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