CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-7989

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

On Samsung Galaxy S4 through S7 devices, a malformed OTA WAP PUSH SMS containing an OMACP message triggers an unhandled ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException in Samsung's implementation of the WifiServiceImpl class. This causes the Android runtime to continually crash, rendering the device unusable until a factory reset is performed.

Risk Assessment

The risk to the organization is that devices may become unusable, leading to downtime and loss of access to data. If this vulnerability occurs, users will need to perform a factory reset, which may result in data loss.

Recommendation

It is recommended to monitor devices for unauthorized WAP PUSH messages and implement security policies to mitigate the risk of this vulnerability. Users should be informed about the necessity of regularly backing up their data.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

On Samsung Galaxy S4 through S7 devices, a malformed OTA WAP PUSH SMS containing an OMACP message sent remotely triggers an unhandled ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException in Samsung's implementation of the WifiServiceImpl class within wifi-service.jar. This causes the Android runtime to continually crash, rendering the device unusable until a factory reset is performed, a subset of SVE-2016-6542.

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