CVE-2016-2461 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2016-2461

OpenSSLCipher.java in Conscrypt in Android 6.x before 2016-05-01 mishandles resets...

Vulnerability Description

OpenSSLCipher.java in Conscrypt in Android 6.x before 2016-05-01 mishandles resets of the Additional Authenticated Data (AAD) array, which allows attackers to spoof message authentication via unspecified vectors, aka internal bugs 27324690 and 27696681.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

android
Vulnerable Versions:
6.0, 6.0.1

Timeline

Official Publish: May 9th, 2016
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.