CVE-2009-2656

Public Exploit

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the com.android.phone process in Android 1.0, 1.1, and 1.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (network disconnection) via a crafted SMS message, as demonstrated by Collin Mulliner and Charlie Miller at Black Hat USA 2009.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 1.19% Top 25%

Third-Party Advisory blackhat.com Third-Party Advisory securityfocus.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-usa-09/MILLER/BHUSA09-Miller-FuzzingPhone-PAPER.pdf	third party advisory exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35886	third party advisory vdb entry
http://osvdb.org/56750	vdb entry broken link

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-2656?: CVE-2009-2656 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-2656?: To fix CVE-2009-2656, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2009-2656 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2009-2656 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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