Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 10, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

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.

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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
Qualcomm/Wi-Fi gbk2utf modulellm-create
Range: < 2016-10-05

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References

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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