CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-6723
4.7 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-11-25
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 4.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.4 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-284
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• google android (>= 4.0 < 4.4.4)
• google android (>= 5.0 < 5.0.2)
• google android (>= 5.1 < 5.1.1)
• google android (>= 6.0 <= 6.0.1)
• google android 7.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-284 Improper Access Control weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94185 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html Vendor Advisory
- https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2016/11/07/crashing-android-devices-with-large-pac-files-cve-2016-6723/ Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94185 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html Vendor Advisory
- https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2016/11/07/crashing-android-devices-with-large-pac-files-cve-2016-6723/ Third Party Advisory