Lack of appropriate exception handling in some receivers of the Telecom application on…
Priority MEDIUM 46CWE-388Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Lack of appropriate exception handling in some receivers of the Telecom application on Samsung Note devices with L(5.0/5.1), M(6.0), and N(7.0) software allows attackers to crash the system easily resulting in a possible DoS attack, or possibly gain privileges. The Samsung ID is SVE-2016-7119.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01923 80th 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
CPE configurations NVD · 4
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:samsung:samsung_mobile:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.0 | Vulnerable | Samsung |
| cpe:2.3:o:samsung:samsung_mobile:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.1 | Vulnerable | Samsung |
| cpe:2.3:o:samsung:samsung_mobile:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.0 | Vulnerable | Samsung |
| cpe:2.3:o:samsung:samsung_mobile:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 7.0 | Vulnerable | Samsung |
- cpe:2.3:o:samsung:samsung_mobile:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 Vulnerable ·Samsung
- cpe:2.3:o:samsung:samsung_mobile:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.1 Vulnerable ·Samsung
- cpe:2.3:o:samsung:samsung_mobile:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 Vulnerable ·Samsung
- cpe:2.3:o:samsung:samsung_mobile:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0 Vulnerable ·Samsung
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-9965
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g4f7-999c-8f35
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-2018-06642 On Samsung mobile devices with L(5.x), M(6.0), and N(7.x) software, Gallery allows remote… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2016-9965 · CVE Program
- CVE-2016-9965 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-g4f7-999c-8f35 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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