CVE-2016-7990

high-risk
Published 2016-10-31

On Samsung Galaxy S4 through S7 devices, an integer overflow condition exists within libomacp.so when parsing OMACP messages (within WAP Push SMS messages) leading to a heap corruption that can result in Denial of Service and potentially remote code execution, a subset of SVE-2016-6542.

Do I need to act?

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1.8% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (16)

Affected Vendors

Google

References (4)

Vendor Advisory http://security.samsungmobile.com/smrupdate.html#SMR-AUG-2016
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94086
Vendor Advisory http://security.samsungmobile.com/smrupdate.html#SMR-AUG-2016
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94086
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 5/34 · Minimal
Exposure 18/34 · Moderate