CVE-2016-6690

5.5 mediumEPSS 0.3%

Medium (5.5) in google android. EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

5.5 medium

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 27% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-284
Published: 2016-10-10
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

google:android

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93301
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93301

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