The SpamCall Activity component in Telecom application on Samsung Note device L(5.0/5.1)…
Priority LOW 37CWE-264Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-264.
Summary
The SpamCall 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.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01498 74th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-6526
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qfmx-j5pw-rv5p
References
More Samsung Mobile vulnerabilities
- TI-2018-06644 On Samsung mobile devices with M(6.0) and N(7.x) software, a heap overflow in the… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-06640 On Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x) software, a buffer overflow in the vision service… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-03553 The kbase_dispatch function in arm/t7xx/r5p0/mali_kbase_core_linux.c in the GPU driver on… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2016-08073 Lack of appropriate exception handling in some receivers of the Telecom application on… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2016-08072 Lack of appropriate exception handling in some receivers of the Telecom application on… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2016-08071 Lack of appropriate exception handling in some receivers of the Telecom application on… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2016-6526 · CVE Program
- CVE-2016-6526 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qfmx-j5pw-rv5p · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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