Vulnerability in Google Android
CVE-2016-7989
On Samsung Galaxy S4 through S7 devices, a malformed OTA WAP PUSH SMS containing an OMACP message sent remotely triggers an unhandled ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException in Samsung's implementation of the WifiServiceImpl class within wifi-service.jar. This causes the Android runtime to continually crash, rendering the device unusable until a factory reset is performed, a subset of SVE-2016-6542.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (47.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 48th percentile — 47.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Google Android — versions 4.2.2, 4.3, 4.3.1
- Samsung Galaxy S4
- Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini
- Samsung Galaxy S5
- Samsung Galaxy S6
- Samsung Galaxy S7
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security.samsungmobile.com/smrupdate.html (Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94082 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-7989?
- CVE-2016-7989 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-254. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-10-31.
- How severe is CVE-2016-7989?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.