Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 10, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-6690
CVE-2016-6690
Description
The sound driver in the kernel in Android before 2016-10-05 on Nexus 5, Nexus 5X, Nexus 6, Nexus 6P, and Nexus Player devices allows attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a crafted application, aka internal bug 28838221.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
2- source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/93301nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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