# CVE-2016-0801: 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 attack

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB, 2 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2016-02-07 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html
- https://support.apple.com/HT206167
- https://support.apple.com/HT206168
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39801/
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035353
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00015.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html
- http://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2016-004.txt
- https://support.apple.com/HT206169
- https://support.apple.com/HT206166
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-02-01.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39801
- https://github.com/abdsec/CVE-2016-0801
- https://github.com/zsaurus/CVE-2016-0801-test

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