What is CVE-2016-2498?

CVE-2016-2498 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-06-13.

How severe is CVE-2016-2498?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Google Android

CVE-2016-2498

The Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver in Android before 2016-06-01 on Nexus 7 (2013) devices allows attackers to bypass intended data-access restrictions via a crafted application, aka internal bug 27777162.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.004 (27.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Google Android — versions 6.0, 6.0.1
Google Nexus_7
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

security@android.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2498?: CVE-2016-2498 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-06-13.
How severe is CVE-2016-2498?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.