What is CVE-2016-2566?

CVE-2016-2566 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Samsung Galaxy S6, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-04-13.

How severe is CVE-2016-2566?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

SQL Injection in Samsung Galaxy S6

CVE-2016-2566

Samsung SecEmailSync on SM-G920F build G920FXXU2COH2 (Galaxy S6) devices has SQL injection, aka SVE-2015-5081.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (74.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 74.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.015 · change: +0.002

Affected products

Samsung Galaxy S6
Samsung Galaxy S6 Firmware — versions g920fxxu2coh2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/97654 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
github.com/ud2/advisories/tree/master/android/samsung/nocve-2016-0002 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2566?: CVE-2016-2566 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Samsung Galaxy S6, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-04-13.
How severe is CVE-2016-2566?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.