High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 10, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-6680

Description

CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_wext.c in the Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver in Android before 2016-10-05 on Nexus 5X and Android One devices allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application that makes an iw_set_priv ioctl call, aka Android internal bug 29982678 and Qualcomm internal bug CR 1048052.

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Affected products

Google/Android2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=7.0
- (no CPE)range: <2016-10-05
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Patches

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References

source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/93309nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-2.0/commit/nvdVendor Advisory

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