PT-2017-8511 · Google · Android

Published 2017-02-13 · Updated 2017-02-16 · CVE-2016-4546

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Samsung devices with Android versions 4.4 through 5.1

Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service by crashing the IAndroidShm service. This can be achieved via crafted data in a service call.

Recommendations For Android versions 4.4 through 5.1, consider restricting access to the IAndroidShm service as a temporary workaround until a patch is available.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-4546

Affected Products

Android

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-4546 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4546 · Security Note
• http://security.samsungmobile.com/smrupdate.html#SMR-JAN-2016 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/06/1 · Note