High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 13, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-2493
CVE-2016-2493
Description
The Broadcom Wi-Fi driver in Android before 2016-06-01 on Nexus 5, Nexus 6, Nexus 6P, Nexus 7 (2013), Nexus Player, and Pixel C devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 26571522.
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Affected products
6- Range: < 2016-06-01
- osv-coords3 versionspkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-flo@3.4.0-5.23?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenialpkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-goldfish@3.4.0-4.27?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenialpkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-mako@3.4.0-7.44?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial
>= 0+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: >= 0
- (no CPE)range: >= 0
- (no CPE)range: >= 0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-06-01.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
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