#VU40053 NULL pointer dereference in Samsung Mobile - CVE-2016-7160

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#VU40053 NULL pointer dereference in Samsung Mobile - CVE-2016-7160

Published: November 3, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU40053
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7160
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Samsung Mobile
Software vendor:
Samsung

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

A vulnerability on Samsung Mobile M(6.0) devices exists because external access to SystemUI activities is not properly restricted, leading to a SystemUI crash and device restart, aka SVE-2016-6248.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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