Vulnerability CVE-2016-6690

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2016-6690 (CCN-117798)

Assigned:

2016-10-04

Published:

2016-10-04

Updated:

2016-12-06

Summary:

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.

CVSS v3 Severity:

5.5 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
4.8 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): High

6.5 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
5.7 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): High

CVSS v2 Severity:

7.1 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Medium Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Complete

6.8 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Complete

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-284

Vulnerability Consequences:

Denial of Service

References:

Source: CCN
Type: Google Web site
Android

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2016-6690

Source: CCN
Type: Android Open Source Project
Android Security BulletinOctober 2016

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html

Source: BID
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
93301

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
android-cve20166690-dos(117798)

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 7.0)

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/h:google:nexus_5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/h:google:nexus_6:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/h:google:nexus_player:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/h:google:nexus_5x:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/h:google:nexus_6p:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

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