CVE-2016-9966

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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-2016-7120.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 9.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-388

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://security.samsungmobile.com/smrupdate.html#SMR-DEC-2016Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94955Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://security.samsungmobile.com/smrupdate.html#SMR-DEC-2016Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94955Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Timeline

Published: Dec 16, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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