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CVE-2016-9966 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://security.samsungmobile.com/smrupdate.html#SMR-DEC-2016 CVEVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94955 CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://security.samsungmobile.com/smrupdate.html#SMR-DEC-2016 [email protected]Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94955 [email protected]Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-3887PK - Errors[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
samsung samsung mobile
5.0
5.1
6.0
7.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:samsung:samsung_mobile:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:samsung:samsung_mobile:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:samsung:samsung_mobile:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:samsung:samsung_mobile:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-9966
NVD Published Date:
Dec 16, 2016
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2016-9966 Details - Not Deferred