High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 10, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-6675
CVE-2016-6675
Description
Off-by-one error in CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_hostapd.c in the Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver in Android before 2016-10-05 on Nexus 5X and Android One devices allows attackers to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) via a crafted application that makes a linkspeed ioctl call, aka Android internal bug 30873776 and Qualcomm internal bug CR 1000861.
Affected products
1Patches
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References
3- source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/prima/commit/nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/93328nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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