Vulnerability in Samsung Samsung_mobile
CVE-2016-9965
Lack of appropriate exception handling in some receivers of the Telecom application on Samsung Note devices with L(5.0/5.1), M(6.0), and N(7.0) software allows attackers to crash the system easily resulting in a possible DoS attack, or pos…
EPSS: 0.005 (66.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- 94955 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-9965?
- CVE-2016-9965 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Samsung Samsung_mobile, classified under CWE-388. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-12-16.
- How severe is CVE-2016-9965?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2016-9965 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.