Vulnerability in Samsung Mobile
CVE-2016-9967
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 possibly gain privileges. The Samsung ID is SVE-2016-7121.
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.019 (79.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 79.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Samsung Mobile — versions 5.0, 5.1, 6.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94955 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- security.samsungmobile.com/smrupdate.html (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-9967?
- CVE-2016-9967 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Samsung Mobile, classified under CWE-388. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-12-16.
- How severe is CVE-2016-9967?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2016-9967 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.