CVE-2016-0801 EXPLOIT
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 33.1% (pctl 98)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The Broadcom Wi-Fi driver in the kernel in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.x before 5.1.1 LMY49G, and 6.x before 2016-02-01 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted wireless control message packets, aka internal bug 25662029.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 33.13% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2016-02-07 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (5)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| apple | iphone os |
| apple | mac os x |
| apple | tvos |
| apple | watchos |
| android |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Google Android Broadcom Wi-Fi Driver - Memory Corruption | 2016-05-11 |
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-02-01.html
- http://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2016-004.txt
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035353
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00015.html
- https://support.apple.com/HT206166
- https://support.apple.com/HT206167
- https://support.apple.com/HT206168
- https://support.apple.com/HT206169
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39801/
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-02-01.html
- http://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2016-004.txt
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035353
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