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CVE-2016-0809
Use-after-free vulnerability in the wifi_cleanup function in bcmdhd/wifi_hal/wifi_hal.cpp in Wi-Fi in Android 6.x before 2016-02-01 allows…
High8.8EPSS 0.56%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- google_android
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the wifi_cleanup function in bcmdhd/wifi_hal/wifi_hal.cpp in Wi-Fi in Android 6.x before 2016-02-01 allows attackers to gain privileges by leveraging access to the local physical environment during execution of a crafted application, aka internal bug 25753768.
Timeline
ID reserved
By google_android
- 53 days later
· 53 days later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.56% · top 53% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (2)
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/hardware/broadcom/wlan/+/2c5a4fac8bc8198f6a2635ede776f8de40a0c3e1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-02-01.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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