CVE-2016-7989

Description

On Samsung Galaxy S4 through S7 devices, a malformed OTA WAP PUSH SMS containing an OMACP message sent remotely triggers an unhandled ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException in Samsung's implementation of the WifiServiceImpl class within wifi-service.jar. This causes the Android runtime to continually crash, rendering the device unusable until a factory reset is performed, a subset of SVE-2016-6542.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.12%
Vendor Advisory samsungmobile.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://security.samsungmobile.com/smrupdate.html#SMR-AUG-2016 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94082 third party advisory vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-7989?
CVE-2016-7989 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-7989?
To fix CVE-2016-7989, 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-2016-7989 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2016-7989 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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