PT-2020-7968 · Samsung · Android 5.1+3

Published 2020-04-07 · Updated 2020-04-09 · CVE-2016-11039

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 devices with KK(4.4) Samsung mobile devices with L(5.0/5.1) Samsung mobile devices with M(6.0)

Description: An issue was discovered in the IPC socket code, specifically a NULL pointer dereference issue.

Recommendations: For Samsung mobile devices with KK(4.4), consider applying a patch or fix to resolve the NULL pointer dereference issue in the IPC socket code. For Samsung mobile devices with L(5.0/5.1), consider applying a patch or fix to resolve the NULL pointer dereference issue in the IPC socket code. For Samsung mobile devices with M(6.0), consider applying a patch or fix to resolve the NULL pointer dereference issue in the IPC socket code. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the IPC socket code until a patch is available.

Fix

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-11039

Affected Products

Android 4.4

Android 5.0

Android 5.1

Android 6.0

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-11039 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-11039 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/11066 · Telegram Post