CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-6527

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The SmartCall Activity component in the Telecom application on Samsung Note devices L(5.0/5.1) and M(6.0) allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash and reboot) or possibly gain privileges via a malformed serializable object.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to disrupt the device's operation, potentially leading to service unavailability. There is also a risk of gaining unauthorized privileges.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the device's software to the latest version to minimize the risk associated with this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The SmartCall Activity component in Telecom application on Samsung Note device L(5.0/5.1) and M(6.0) allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash and reboot) or possibly gain privileges via a malformed serializable object.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS