What is CVE-2016-2036?

CVE-2016-2036 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Galaxy Note 3, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-04-13.

How severe is CVE-2016-2036?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Samsung Galaxy Note 3

CVE-2016-2036

The getURL function in drivers/secfilter/urlparser.c in secfilter in the Samsung kernel for Android on SM-N9005 build N9005XXUGBOB6 (Note 3) and SM-G920F build G920FXXU2COH2 (Galaxy S6) devices allows attackers to trigger a NULL pointer dereference via a "GET HTTP/1.1" request, aka SVE-2016-5036.

Published 2017-04-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (28.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 28.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Samsung Galaxy Note 3
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Firmware — versions n9005xxugbob6
Samsung Galaxy S6
Samsung Galaxy S6 Firmware — versions g920fxxu2coh2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

github.com/ud2/advisories/tree/master/android/samsung/nocve-2016-0001 (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2036?: CVE-2016-2036 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Galaxy Note 3, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-04-13.
How severe is CVE-2016-2036?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.