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CVE-2016-9966

Lack of appropriate exception handling in some receivers of the Telecom application on Samsung Note devices with L(5.0/5.1), M(6.0), and N(7.0) software allows attackers to crash the system easily resulting in a possible DoS attack, or possibly gain privileges. The Samsung ID is SVE-2016-7120.

Published

2016-12-16T09:59:00.420

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-388
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System samsung samsung_mobile 5.0 Yes
Operating System samsung samsung_mobile 5.1 Yes
Operating System samsung samsung_mobile 6.0 Yes
Operating System samsung samsung_mobile 7.0 Yes
References