VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-6526
The SpamCall Activity component in Telecom application on Samsung Note device L(5.0/5.1) and M(6.0) allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash and reboot) or possibly gain privileges via a malformed serializable object.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 1.50%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.50%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The SpamCall Activity component in Telecom application on Samsung Note device L(5.0/5.1) and M(6.0) allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash and reboot) or possibly gain privileges via a malformed serializable object.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.50% probability · 73th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- samsung/samsung mobile
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://security.samsungmobile.com/smrupdate.html#SMR-AUG-2016Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/05/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92330Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://security.samsungmobile.com/smrupdate.html#SMR-AUG-2016Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/05/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92330Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.