What is CVE-2016-9277?

CVE-2016-9277 is a high-severity vulnerability in Samsung Mobile, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-11-11.

How severe is CVE-2016-9277?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Integer overflow in Samsung Mobile

CVE-2016-9277

Integer overflow in SystemUI in KK(4.4) and L(5.0/5.1) on Samsung Note devices allows attackers to cause a denial of service (UI restart) via vectors involving APIs and an activity that computes an out-of-bounds array index, aka SVE-2016-6906.

Vulnerability class: Integer Overflow

Published 2016-11-11 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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: 0.014 (72.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 72.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Samsung Mobile — versions 4.4, 5.0, 5.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/94292 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
security.samsungmobile.com/smrupdate.html (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-9277?: CVE-2016-9277 is a high-severity vulnerability in Samsung Mobile, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-11-11.
How severe is CVE-2016-9277?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.