CVE-2016-6690 — The sound driver in the kernel in Android before 2016-10-05 on Nexus 5, Nexus 5X, Nexus 6, Nexus 6P, and Nexus Player devices allows attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a crafted application, aka internal bug 28838221

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The sound driver in the kernel in Android before 2016-10-05 on Nexus 5, Nexus 5X, Nexus 6, Nexus 6P, and Nexus Player devices allows attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a crafted application, aka internal bug 28838221

Published Oct 10, 2016

5.5

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.34%

Description

The sound driver in the kernel in Android before 2016-10-05 on Nexus 5, Nexus 5X, Nexus 6, Nexus 6P, and Nexus Player devices allows attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a crafted application, aka internal bug 28838221.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.34% 0.00341

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00341

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.34% (0.00341)	25.21th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.34% (0.00341)	25.72th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.03% (0.00035)	6.77th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.06% (0.00057)	25.46th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 15, 2024	0.06% (0.00057)	23.57th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.06% (0.00057)	21.57th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-284

References (2)

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93301
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Link	Providers	Tags
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93301		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner google_android

Published Oct 10, 2016

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Aug 11, 2016

Link CVE-2016-6690

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2016-6690

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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