Critical severity · published Dec 16, 2016
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…
9.8
CVSS
1.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.9% · higher than 80% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SM
Samsung Mobile · Samsung
5.0; 5.1; 6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9966
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9966
Vendor Advisory
http://security.samsungmobile.com/smrupdate.html#SMR-DEC-2016
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94955
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