Critical severity · published Feb 7, 2016
CVE-2016-0801
The Broadcom Wi-Fi driver in the kernel in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.x before 5.1.1 LMY49G, and 6.x before 2016-02-01 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause…
9.8
CVSS
33.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Broadcom Wi-Fi driver in the kernel in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.x before 5.1.1 LMY49G, and 6.x before 2016-02-01 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted wireless control message packets, aka internal bug 25662029.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)33.1% · higher than 98% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AN
Android · Google
4.4.4; 5.0; 5.1.1; 6.0; 6.0.1 · source: NVD
IO
iOS · Apple
through 9.2.1 · source: NVD
MO
Mac OS X · Apple
through 10.11.3 · source: NVD
TV
Tvos · Apple
through 9.1 · source: NVD
WA
Watchos · Apple
through 2.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0801
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0801
lists.apple.com
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html
lists.apple.com
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html
lists.apple.com
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html
lists.apple.com
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html
Vendor Advisory
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-02-01.html
www.arubanetworks.com
http://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2016-004.txt
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