CVE-2016-6690

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CVSS 3.0

5.5 medium

EPSS

<1%p27

Published

Oct 10, 2016 (Oct 10, 2016)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Vendors: google
Products: android
Weakness: CWE-284
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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