CVE-2016-3869

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-09-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The Broadcom Wi-Fi driver in Android before 2016-09-05 on Nexus 5, Nexus 6, Nexus 6P, Nexus 9, Nexus Player, and Pixel C devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 29009982 and Broadcom internal bug RB#96070.

Affected products

Android: through 7.0

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92885
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92885
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763

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