CVE-2016-0801

critical
Published 2016-02-07 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
8.3
VIR risk
9.8

Description

The Broadcom Wi-Fi driver in the kernel in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.x before 5.1.1 LMY49G, and 6.x before 2016-02-01 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted wireless control message packets, aka internal bug 25662029.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-0801

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@android.com — http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-02-01.html

Exploits

Exploit-DB

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed20180518-1
debian debianbullseyefixed20180518-1
debian debianforkyfixed20180518-1
debian debiansidfixed20180518-1
debian debiantrixiefixed20180518-1
macos macosaffected

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.