CVE-2016-6709 — Sensitive Information Exposure in Google Android

CWE-200 — Sensitive Information Exposure4 documents4 sources
Severity
5.9MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 73.82%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Google AndroidGoogle INC Android
Timeline
PublishedNov 25
Latest updateMay 14

Description

An information disclosure vulnerability in Conscrypt and BoringSSL in Android 6.x before 2016-11-01 and 7.0 before 2016-11-01 could enable a man-in-the-middle attacker to gain access to sensitive information if a non-standard cipher suite is used by an application. This issue is rated as High because it could be used to access data without permission. Android ID: A-31081987.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 2.2 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDgoogle/android6.0 — 6.0.1+1
▶CVEListV5google_inc/androidAndroid-6.0, Android-6.0.1, Android-7.0+2

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-r5xm-3hfm-w636: An information disclosure vulnerability in Conscrypt and BoringSSL in Android 6↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2016-6709: An information disclosure vulnerability in Conscrypt and BoringSSL in Android 6↗2016-11-25
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Android
CVE-2016-6709: Android Security Bulletin 2016-11-01 CVE: CVE-2016-6709 Severity: HIGH Affected AOSP versions: 6↗2016-11-01
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