CVE-2016-6723

Published Nov 25, 2016

Last updated 6 years ago

Overview

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.
Source
security@android.com
NVD status
Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

Type
Primary
Base score
4.7
Impact score
3.6
Exploitability score
1
Vector string
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity
MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
5.4
Impact score
6.9
Exploitability score
4.9
Vector string
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-284

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations