CVE-2016-6709

Published: Nov 25, 2016Modified: May 6, 2026

5.9

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploitability: 2.2 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

An information disclosure vulnerability in Conscrypt and BoringSSL in Android 6.x before 2016-11-01 and 7.0 before 2016-11-01 could enable a man-in-the-middle attacker to gain access to sensitive information if a non-standard cipher suite is used by an application. This issue is rated as High because it could be used to access data without permission. Android ID: A-31081987.

Affected (2)

Products: Google: Android

1 product

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Google Android	From 6.0 to 6.0.1
Google Android	Version 7.0

Related CWEs

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

References (4)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94169

Source: security@android.com

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html

Source: security@android.com

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94169

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

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