What is CVE-2016-4546?

CVE-2016-4546 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Mobile, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-02-13.

How severe is CVE-2016-4546?

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

Improper input validation in Samsung Mobile

CVE-2016-4546

Samsung devices with Android KK(4.4) or L(5.0/5.1) allow local users to cause a denial of service (IAndroidShm service crash) via crafted data in a service call.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2017-02-13 · 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: 0.003 (17.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 17th percentile — 17.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Samsung Mobile — versions 4.4, 5.0, 5.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

security.samsungmobile.com/smrupdate.html (Vendor Advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/06/1 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-4546?: CVE-2016-4546 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Mobile, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-02-13.
How severe is CVE-2016-4546?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.