PT-2016-7243 · Samsung · Samsung Mobile

Published 2016-11-03 · Updated 2016-11-28 · CVE-2016-7160

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Samsung Mobile M version 6.0

Description A vulnerability exists due to improper restriction of external access to SystemUI activities, which can cause a SystemUI crash and device restart.

Recommendations For Samsung Mobile M version 6.0, consider restricting external access to SystemUI activities to prevent the crash and restart issue. As a temporary workaround, users may need to manually restart their devices after a crash. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-7160

Affected Products

Samsung Mobile

References · 4

• http://security.samsungmobile.com/smrupdate.html#SMR-SEP-2016 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-7160 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7160 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/94120 · Note