CVE-2016-6690 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a device reboot via a crafted application exploiting a flaw in the Android kernel sound driver.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-6690?
CVE-2016-6690 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Android, published on 10 Oct 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6690?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2016-6690?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-6690 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2016-6690 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6690 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-22jv-vr6x-mxx4.