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.

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-servi…

EPSS: 0.001 (30.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

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
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-254

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
94082 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

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.