What is CVE-2016-6681?

CVE-2016-6681 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-10-10.

How severe is CVE-2016-6681?

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

Information disclosure in Google Android

CVE-2016-6681

drivers/misc/qcom/qdsp6v2/audio_utils.c in a Qualcomm QDSP6v2 driver in Android before 2016-10-05 on Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, and Android One devices does not initialize certain data structures, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 30152182 and Qualcomm internal bug CR 1049521.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.006 (44.1th 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
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

security@android.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
security@android.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
security@android.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6681?: CVE-2016-6681 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-10-10.
How severe is CVE-2016-6681?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.