What is CVE-2016-6526?

CVE-2016-6526 is a high-severity vulnerability in Samsung Samsung_mobile, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-01-18.

How severe is CVE-2016-6526?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Samsung Samsung_mobile

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.

EPSS: 0.001 (32.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Samsung Samsung_mobile — versions 5.0, 5.1, 6.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6526?: CVE-2016-6526 is a high-severity vulnerability in Samsung Samsung_mobile, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-01-18.
How severe is CVE-2016-6526?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.