CVE-2016-6709 is an information disclosure vulnerability affecting Conscrypt and BoringSSL in Android 6.x and 7.0 before their November 2016 security updates. This flaw allows a man-in-the-middle attacker to gain access to sensitive information if an application utilizes a non-standard cipher suite. Rated Medium with a CVSS score of 5.9, the vulnerability requires high attack complexity but could lead to unauthorized data access. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 6.0, <= 6.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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