CVE-2016-6691
highpriority · track · 39EPSS 0.013 · 70 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-26
service/jni/com_android_server_wifi_Gbk2Utf.cpp in the Qualcomm Wi-Fi gbk2utf module in Android before 2016-10-05 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (framework crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an access point that has a malformed SSID with GBK encoding, aka Qualcomm internal bug CR 978452.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8
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affected products (2)
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references (8)
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- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.htmlcnnvd
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//platform/frameworks/opt/net/wifi/commit/?id=343f123c396b2a97fc7cce396cd5d99365cb9131cnnvd
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93330enisa_euvd
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//platform/frameworks/opt/net/wifi/commit/?id=343f123c396b2a97fc7cce396cd5d99365cb9131enisa_euvd
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.htmlVendor Advisorynvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93330Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//platform/frameworks/opt/net/wifi/commit/?id=343f123c396b2a97fc7cce396cd5d99365cb9131Issue TrackingPatchnvd
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