Information Disclosure Vulnerability in Wi-Fi on Android 5.x and 6.x

Information Disclosure Vulnerability in Wi-Fi on Android 5.x and 6.x

CVE-2016-3837 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

service/jni/com_android_server_wifi_WifiNative.cpp in Wi-Fi in Android 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-08-01 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application that provides a MAC address with too few characters, aka internal bug 28164077.

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