CVE-2016-2493 - The Broadcom Wi-Fi driver in Android before 2016-06-01 on Nexus 5, Nexus 6, Nexus 6P, Nexus 7 (2013), Nexus Player, and Pixel C devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 26571522

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The Broadcom Wi-Fi driver in Android before 2016-06-01 on Nexus 5, Nexus 6, Nexus 6P, Nexus 7 (2013), Nexus Player, and Pixel C devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 26571522

Published Jun 13, 2016

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.41%

Description

The Broadcom Wi-Fi driver in Android before 2016-06-01 on Nexus 5, Nexus 6, Nexus 6P, Nexus 7 (2013), Nexus Player, and Pixel C devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 26571522.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (1)

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-06-01.html
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-06-01.html		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner google_android

Published Jun 13, 2016

Updated Aug 5, 2024

Reserved Feb 18, 2016

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CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

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Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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