Vulnerability identifier: #VU39947

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5351

CWE-ID: CWE-400

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Samsung Mobile
Mobile applications / Mobile firmware & hardware

Vendor: Samsung

Description

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

Samsung Note devices with KK(4.4), L(5.0/5.1), and M(6.0) software allow attackers to crash the system by creating an arbitrarily large number of active VR service threads. The Samsung ID is SVE-2016-7650.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Samsung Mobile: 4.4 - 6.0

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External links
http://security.samsungmobile.com/smrupdate.html#SMR-JAN-2017
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95418

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.