7.5high
CVE-2016-7989
On Samsung Galaxy S4 through S7 devices, a malformed OTA WAP PUSH SMS containing an OMACP message sent remotely triggers an unhandled Array…
Published 10 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
7.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.6%
percentile 49%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
On Samsung Galaxy S4 through S7 devices, a malformed OTA WAP PUSH SMS containing an OMACP message sent remotely triggers an unhandled ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException in Samsung's implementation of the WifiServiceImpl class within wifi-service.jar. This causes the Android runtime to continually crash, rendering the device unusable until a factory reset is performed, a subset of SVE-2016-6542.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.60% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 49% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-254 7PK - Security Features
References
- security.samsungmobile.com /smrupdate.html#SMR-AUG-2016 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- securityfocus.com /bid/94082 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2016-7989
- NVD: CVE-2016-7989
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