CVE-2016-6690 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93301

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

5.5