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CVE-2016-6679

CVE-2016-6679 PUBLISHED

Reported by google_android · Published October 10, 2016

CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_hostapd.c in the Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver in Android before 2016-10-05 on Nexus 5X and Android One devices allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application that makes a setwpaie ioctl call, aka Android internal bug 29915601 and Qualcomm internal bug CR 1000913.

Fixed versions

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PackageEcosystemFixed in
androidgoogle7.0

Affected products

VendorProductVersions
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n/an/a*

Timeline

  • Oct 4, 2016 CVE Published
  • Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score (30 in total, the first dated here)
  • Jun 1, 2026 Security Advisory
  • Jun 17, 2026 CVE Updated
  • Oct 7, 2026 Coalition ESS Score

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The same record, from the CLI:

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vulnetix vdb fixes CVE-2016-6679

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curl -s -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${VULNETIX_ORG_ID}:${VULNETIX_API_KEY}" \
  "https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/CVE-2016-6679/fixes/registry"

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