CVE-2016-6723

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CVSS 3.0

4.7 medium

EPSS

<1%p47

Published

Nov 25, 2016 (Nov 25, 2016)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

A denial of service vulnerability in Proxy Auto Config in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, 6.x before 2016-11-01, and 7.0 before 2016-11-01 could enable a remote attacker to use a specially crafted file to cause a device hang or reboot. This issue is rated as Moderate because it requires an uncommon device configuration. Android ID: A-30100884.

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

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