CVE-2016-6691 describes a critical denial-of-service vulnerability in the Qualcomm Wi-Fi gbk2utf module within Android, affecting devices running versions prior to October 5, 2016. This flaw allows remote attackers to crash the Android framework, and potentially achieve other impacts, by broadcasting a malformed Wi-Fi SSID using GBK encoding. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it is easily exploitable over the network without user interaction, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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