CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-0809

Published: Feb 07, 2016 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
8.3 HIGH
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Use-after-free vulnerability in the wifi_cleanup function in bcmdhd/wifi_hal/wifi_hal.cpp in Wi-Fi in Android 6.x before 2016-02-01 allows attackers to gain privileges by leveraging access to the local physical environment during execution of a crafted application, aka internal bug 25753768.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
AndroidGoogle6.0 (including)6.0 (including)
AndroidGoogle6.0.1 (including)6.0.1 (including)
AndroidUbuntudevel*
AndroidUbuntuesm-apps/xenial*
AndroidUbuntutrusty*
AndroidUbuntuvivid/stable-phone-overlay*
AndroidUbuntuwily*
AndroidUbuntuxenial*
AndroidUbuntuyakkety*
AndroidUbuntuzesty*

References