CVE-2016-6723

A denial of service vulnerability in Proxy Auto Config in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, 6.x before 2016-11-01, and 7.0 before 2016-11-01 could enable a remote attacker to use a specially crafted file to cause a device hang or reboot. This issue is rated as Moderate because it requires an uncommon device configuration. Android ID: A-30100884.

Score

CVSS 3.0 4.7 Medium

Status

Modified - security@android.com

Published

2016-11-25

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-284

Affected products

• Android (Google)
• Android (Google Inc.)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94185
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
• https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2016/11/07/crashing-android-devices-with-large-pac-files-cve-2016-6723/