CVE-2016-6527

7.8 HIGH

Published: January 18, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

Description

The SmartCall Activity component in Telecom application on Samsung Note device L(5.0/5.1) and M(6.0) allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash and reboot) or possibly gain privileges via a malformed serializable object.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://security.samsungmobile.com/smrupdate.html#SMR-AUG-2016

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/05/1

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92330

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://security.samsungmobile.com/smrupdate.html#SMR-AUG-2016

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/05/1

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92330

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

6 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

7.8 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

1.5%

71th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-264

Affected Vendors

samsung

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