Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 10, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-6691
CVE-2016-6691
Description
service/jni/com_android_server_wifi_Gbk2Utf.cpp in the Qualcomm Wi-Fi gbk2utf module in Android before 2016-10-05 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (framework crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an access point that has a malformed SSID with GBK encoding, aka Qualcomm internal bug CR 978452.
Affected products
1Patches
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References
3- source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//platform/frameworks/opt/net/wifi/commit/nvdIssue TrackingPatch
- source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/93330nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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