High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 10, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-6680
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.
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
3- 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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