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CVE-2016-0801

52
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-0801 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in the Broadcom Wi-Fi driver affecting Android versions 4.x, 5.x, and 6.x, as well as various Apple operating systems. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via crafted wireless control message packets, requiring no user interaction. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability poses a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit for memory corruption has been published on ExploitDB, indicating public knowledge of exploitation methods. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation in the wild, nor has it garnered significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 9.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 10.11.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
33.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-39801 · May 11, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3337 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 36,821 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

googlevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00015.html
source.android.com / security/bulletin/2016-02-01.html
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT206166
support.apple.com / HT206167
support.apple.com / HT206168
support.apple.com / HT206169
exploit-db.com / exploits/39801
arubanetworks.com / assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2016-004.txt
securitytracker.com / id/1035353