SB2016020707 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Google, Google Android
Published: February 7, 2016 Updated: August 9, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016020707
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Adjecent network
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-0809)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Use-after-free vulnerability in the wifi_cleanup function in bcmdhd/wifi_hal/wifi_hal.cpp in Wi-Fi in Android 6.x before 2016-02-01 allows attackers to gain privileges by leveraging access to the local physical environment during execution of a crafted application, aka internal bug 25753768.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.