Google Android Kernel Components Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

Description Google Android is prone to the following security vulnerabilities: 1. Multiple privilege-escalation vulnerabilities 2. A information-disclosure vulnerability Attackers can exploit these issues to gain elevated privileges and gain sensitive information. These issues are being tracked...

CVE-2016-3869

The Broadcom Wi-Fi driver in Android before 2016-09-05 on Nexus 5, Nexus 6, Nexus 6P, Nexus 9, Nexus Player, and Pixel C devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 29009982 and Broadcom internal bug RB96070...

CVE-2016-2493

CVE-2016-2493 describes an elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in the Broadcom Wi‑Fi driver used by Android on Nexus devices (N5, N6, N6P, 7 (2013), Nexus Player, Pixel C) prior to 2016-06-01. A local attacker could exploit a crafted application to gain privileged access (internal bug 26571522)....