CVE-2016-6691 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93330 https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//platform/frameworks/opt/net/wifi/commit/?id=343f123c396b2a97fc7cce396cd5d99365cb9131

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8