PT-2016-2261 · Google+1 · Android+1

Published 2016-06-13 · Updated 2016-06-14 · CVE-2016-2498

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions prior to 2016-06-01

Description The issue is related to the Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver in the Android operating system, which lacks protection for service data. This allows a remote attacker to bypass existing data access restrictions using a specially crafted application.

Recommendations For Android versions prior to 2016-06-01, update the operating system to a version released after 2016-06-01 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-01625

CVE-2016-2498

Affected Products

Android

Qualcomm Wi-Fi Driver

References · 7

• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2498 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2498 · Vendor Advisory
• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-06-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2498 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2498 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-2498 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01625 · Security Note