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CVE-2015-8546
Assigner-MITRE Corporation
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Assigner-MITRE Corporation
CVSS Score-9.8||CRITICAL
EPSS-1.86% / 82.29%
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7 Day CHG~0.00%
Published-10 Apr, 2020 | 18:43
Updated-06 Aug, 2024 | 08:20
Rejected-Not Available
Known To Be Used In Ransomware Campaigns?-Not Available
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An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with software through 2015-11-12, affecting the Galaxy S6/S6 Edge, Galaxy S6 Edge+, and Galaxy Note5 with the Shannon333 chipset. There is a stack-based buffer overflow in the baseband process that is exploitable for remote code execution via a fake base station. The Samsung ID is SVE-2015-5123 (December 2015).

Action-Not Available
Vendor-n/aGoogle LLCSamsung
Product-androidgalaxy_note5galaxy_s6_edgegalaxy_s6galaxy_s6_edge\+n/a
CWE ID-CWE-787
Out-of-bounds Write
CVE-2016-11038
Assigner-MITRE Corporation
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Assigner-MITRE Corporation
CVSS Score-9.8||CRITICAL
EPSS-0.19% / 40.73%
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7 Day CHG~0.00%
Published-07 Apr, 2020 | 13:17
Updated-06 Aug, 2024 | 03:47
Rejected-Not Available
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An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with software through 2016-04-05 (incorporating the Samsung Professional Audio SDK). The Jack audio service doesn't implement access control for shared memory, leading to arbitrary code execution or privilege escalation. The Samsung ID is SVE-2016-5953 (July 2016).

Action-Not Available
Vendor-n/aGoogle LLCSamsung
Product-galaxy_s5galaxy_note_edgegalaxy_note_3androidgalaxy_s6_edgegalaxy_s6galaxy_note_4n/a
CWE ID-CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CVE-2018-14745
Assigner-MITRE Corporation
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Assigner-MITRE Corporation
CVSS Score-8.8||HIGH
EPSS-0.10% / 27.87%
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7 Day CHG~0.00%
Published-15 Mar, 2019 | 22:00
Updated-05 Aug, 2024 | 09:38
Rejected-Not Available
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KEV Action Due Date-Not Available

Buffer overflow in prot_get_ring_space in the bcmdhd4358 Wi-Fi driver on the Samsung Galaxy S6 SM-G920F G920FXXU5EQH7 allows an attacker (who has obtained code execution on the Wi-Fi chip) to overwrite kernel memory due to improper validation of the ring buffer read pointer. The Samsung ID is SVE-2018-12029.

Action-Not Available
Vendor-n/aSamsung
Product-galaxy_s6galaxy_s6_firmwaren/a
CWE ID-CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CVE-2018-14852
Assigner-MITRE Corporation
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Assigner-MITRE Corporation
CVSS Score-6.3||MEDIUM
EPSS-0.15% / 35.58%
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7 Day CHG~0.00%
Published-17 Dec, 2018 | 18:00
Updated-05 Aug, 2024 | 09:38
Rejected-Not Available
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Out-of-bounds array access in dhd_rx_frame in drivers/net/wireless/bcmdhd4358/dhd_linux.c in the bcmdhd4358 Wi-Fi driver on the Samsung Galaxy S6 SM-G920F G920FXXU5EQH7 allows an attacker (who has obtained code execution on the Wi-Fi chip) to cause invalid accesses to operating system memory due to improper validation of the network interface index provided by the Wi-Fi chip's firmware.

Action-Not Available
Vendor-n/aSamsung
Product-galaxy_s6galaxy_s6_firmwaren/a
CWE ID-CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CVE-2018-14855
Assigner-MITRE Corporation
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Assigner-MITRE Corporation
CVSS Score-6.3||MEDIUM
EPSS-0.15% / 36.77%
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7 Day CHG~0.00%
Published-17 Dec, 2018 | 18:00
Updated-05 Aug, 2024 | 09:38
Rejected-Not Available
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Buffer overflow in dhd_bus_flow_ring_flush_response in drivers/net/wireless/bcmdhd4358/dhd_pcie.c in the bcmdhd4358 Wi-Fi driver on the Samsung Galaxy S6 allow an attacker (who has obtained code execution on the Wi-Fi chip) to cause the device driver to perform invalid memory accesses. The Samsung ID is SVE-2018-11785.

Action-Not Available
Vendor-n/aSamsung
Product-galaxy_s6galaxy_s6_firmwaren/a
CWE ID-CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CVE-2018-14853
Assigner-MITRE Corporation
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Assigner-MITRE Corporation
CVSS Score-4.3||MEDIUM
EPSS-0.16% / 37.19%
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7 Day CHG~0.00%
Published-17 Dec, 2018 | 18:00
Updated-05 Aug, 2024 | 09:38
Rejected-Not Available
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A NULL pointer dereference in dhd_prot_txdata_write_flush in drivers/net/wireless/bcmdhd4358/dhd_msgbuf.c in the bcmdhd4358 Wi-Fi driver on the Samsung Galaxy S6 SM-G920F G920FXXU5EQH7 allows an attacker (who has obtained code execution on the Wi-Fi chip) to cause the device to reboot. The Samsung ID is SVE-2018-11783.

Action-Not Available
Vendor-n/aSamsung
Product-galaxy_s6galaxy_s6_firmwaren/a
CWE ID-CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference
CVE-2018-14854
Assigner-MITRE Corporation
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Assigner-MITRE Corporation
CVSS Score-6.3||MEDIUM
EPSS-0.15% / 36.77%
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7 Day CHG~0.00%
Published-17 Dec, 2018 | 18:00
Updated-05 Aug, 2024 | 09:38
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Buffer overflow in dhd_bus_flow_ring_delete_response in drivers/net/wireless/bcmdhd4358/dhd_pcie.c in the bcmdhd4358 Wi-Fi driver on the Samsung Galaxy S6 SM-G920F G920FXXU5EQH7 allow an attacker (who has obtained code execution on the Wi-Fi chip) to cause the device driver to perform invalid memory accesses. The Samsung ID is SVE-2018-11785.

Action-Not Available
Vendor-n/aSamsung
Product-galaxy_s6galaxy_s6_firmwaren/a
CWE ID-CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CVE-2018-14856
Assigner-MITRE Corporation
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Assigner-MITRE Corporation
CVSS Score-6.3||MEDIUM
EPSS-0.15% / 36.77%
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7 Day CHG~0.00%
Published-17 Dec, 2018 | 18:00
Updated-05 Aug, 2024 | 09:38
Rejected-Not Available
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Buffer overflow in dhd_bus_flow_ring_create_response in drivers/net/wireless/bcmdhd4358/dhd_pcie.c in the bcmdhd4358 Wi-Fi driver on the Samsung Galaxy S6 SM-G920F G920FXXU5EQH7 allow an attacker (who has obtained code execution on the Wi-Fi) chip to cause the device driver to perform invalid memory accesses. The Samsung ID is SVE-2018-11785.

Action-Not Available
Vendor-n/aSamsung
Product-galaxy_s6galaxy_s6_firmwaren/a
CWE ID-CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CVE-2015-7896
Assigner-MITRE Corporation
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Assigner-MITRE Corporation
CVSS Score-6.5||MEDIUM
EPSS-7.16% / 91.20%
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7 Day CHG~0.00%
Published-24 Aug, 2017 | 20:00
Updated-20 Apr, 2025 | 01:37
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LibQJpeg in the Samsung Galaxy S6 before the October 2015 MR allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and SIGSEGV) via a crafted image file.

Action-Not Available
Vendor-n/aSamsung
Product-galaxy_s6samsung_mobilen/a
CWE ID-CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CVE-2015-7895
Assigner-MITRE Corporation
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Assigner-MITRE Corporation
CVSS Score-5.5||MEDIUM
EPSS-0.29% / 51.87%
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7 Day CHG~0.00%
Published-27 Jun, 2017 | 20:00
Updated-20 Apr, 2025 | 01:37
Rejected-Not Available
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Samsung Gallery on the Samsung Galaxy S6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (process crash).

Action-Not Available
Vendor-n/aSamsung
Product-galaxy_s6samsung_mobilen/a
CWE ID-CWE-284
Improper Access Control
CVE-2015-7898
Assigner-MITRE Corporation
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Assigner-MITRE Corporation
CVSS Score-5.5||MEDIUM
EPSS-0.16% / 37.47%
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7 Day CHG~0.00%
Published-27 Jun, 2017 | 20:00
Updated-20 Apr, 2025 | 01:37
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Samsung Gallery in the Samsung Galaxy S6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (process crash).

Action-Not Available
Vendor-n/aSamsung
Product-galaxy_s6samsung_mobilen/a
CWE ID-CWE-284
Improper Access Control
CVE-2016-4030
Assigner-MITRE Corporation
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Assigner-MITRE Corporation
CVSS Score-6.8||MEDIUM
EPSS-0.09% / 26.28%
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7 Day CHG~0.00%
Published-13 Apr, 2017 | 16:00
Updated-20 Apr, 2025 | 01:37
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Samsung SM-G920F build G920FXXU2COH2 (Galaxy S6), SM-N9005 build N9005XXUGBOK6 (Galaxy Note 3), GT-I9192 build I9192XXUBNB1 (Galaxy S4 mini), GT-I9195 build I9195XXUCOL1 (Galaxy S4 mini LTE), and GT-I9505 build I9505XXUHOJ2 (Galaxy S4) devices have unintended availability of the modem in USB configuration number 2 within the secure lockscreen state, allowing an attacker to make phone calls, send text messages, or issue commands, aka SVE-2016-5301.

Action-Not Available
Vendor-n/aSamsung
Product-galaxy_s6galaxy_s4_firmwaregalaxy_s6_firmwaregalaxy_s4_mini_lte_firmwaregalaxy_note_3galaxy_s4_minigalaxy_s4galaxy_s4_mini_ltegalaxy_s4_mini_firmwaregalaxy_note_3_firmwaren/a
CWE ID-CWE-284
Improper Access Control
CVE-2016-2036
Assigner-MITRE Corporation
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Assigner-MITRE Corporation
CVSS Score-5.5||MEDIUM
EPSS-0.08% / 24.31%
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7 Day CHG~0.00%
Published-13 Apr, 2017 | 16:00
Updated-20 Apr, 2025 | 01:37
Rejected-Not Available
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The getURL function in drivers/secfilter/urlparser.c in secfilter in the Samsung kernel for Android on SM-N9005 build N9005XXUGBOB6 (Note 3) and SM-G920F build G920FXXU2COH2 (Galaxy S6) devices allows attackers to trigger a NULL pointer dereference via a "GET HTTP/1.1" request, aka SVE-2016-5036.

Action-Not Available
Vendor-n/aSamsung
Product-galaxy_note_3_firmwaregalaxy_s6galaxy_s6_firmwaregalaxy_note_3n/a
CWE ID-CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference
CVE-2016-2565
Assigner-MITRE Corporation
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Assigner-MITRE Corporation
CVSS Score-3.3||LOW
EPSS-0.08% / 23.32%
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7 Day CHG~0.00%
Published-13 Apr, 2017 | 16:00
Updated-20 Apr, 2025 | 01:37
Rejected-Not Available
Known To Be Used In Ransomware Campaigns?-Not Available
KEV Added-Not Available
KEV Action Due Date-Not Available

Samsung SecEmailSync on SM-G920F build G920FXXU2COH2 (Galaxy S6) devices allows attackers to read sent e-mail messages, aka SVE-2015-5081.

Action-Not Available
Vendor-n/aSamsung
Product-galaxy_s6galaxy_s6_firmwaren/a
CWE ID-CWE-200
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE-2016-2566
Assigner-MITRE Corporation
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Assigner-MITRE Corporation
CVSS Score-9.8||CRITICAL
EPSS-0.57% / 67.68%
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7 Day CHG~0.00%
Published-13 Apr, 2017 | 16:00
Updated-20 Apr, 2025 | 01:37
Rejected-Not Available
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KEV Added-Not Available
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Samsung SecEmailSync on SM-G920F build G920FXXU2COH2 (Galaxy S6) devices has SQL injection, aka SVE-2015-5081.

Action-Not Available
Vendor-n/aSamsung
Product-galaxy_s6galaxy_s6_firmwaren/a
CWE ID-CWE-89
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
CVE-2016-2567
Assigner-MITRE Corporation
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Assigner-MITRE Corporation
CVSS Score-3.3||LOW
EPSS-0.08% / 24.23%
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7 Day CHG~0.00%
Published-13 Apr, 2017 | 16:00
Updated-20 Apr, 2025 | 01:37
Rejected-Not Available
Known To Be Used In Ransomware Campaigns?-Not Available
KEV Added-Not Available
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secfilter in the Samsung kernel for Android on SM-N9005 build N9005XXUGBOB6 (Note 3) and SM-G920F build G920FXXU2COH2 (Galaxy S6) devices allows attackers to bypass URL filtering by inserting an "exceptional URL" in the query string, as demonstrated by the http://should-have-been-filtered.example.com/?http://google.com URL.

Action-Not Available
Vendor-n/aSamsung
Product-galaxy_note_3_firmwaregalaxy_s6galaxy_s6_firmwaregalaxy_note_3n/a
CWE ID-CWE-20
Improper Input Validation
CVE-2016-4031
Assigner-MITRE Corporation
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Assigner-MITRE Corporation
CVSS Score-6.8||MEDIUM
EPSS-0.09% / 26.28%
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7 Day CHG~0.00%
Published-13 Apr, 2017 | 16:00
Updated-20 Apr, 2025 | 01:37
Rejected-Not Available
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KEV Added-Not Available
KEV Action Due Date-Not Available

Samsung SM-G920F build G920FXXU2COH2 (Galaxy S6), SM-N9005 build N9005XXUGBOK6 (Galaxy Note 3), GT-I9192 build I9192XXUBNB1 (Galaxy S4 mini), GT-I9195 build I9195XXUCOL1 (Galaxy S4 mini LTE), and GT-I9505 build I9505XXUHOJ2 (Galaxy S4) devices allow attackers to send AT commands by plugging the device into a Linux host, aka SVE-2016-5301.

Action-Not Available
Vendor-n/aSamsung
Product-galaxy_s6galaxy_s4_firmwaregalaxy_s6_firmwaregalaxy_s4_mini_lte_firmwaregalaxy_note_3galaxy_s4_minigalaxy_s4galaxy_s4_mini_ltegalaxy_s4_mini_firmwaregalaxy_note_3_firmwaren/a
CWE ID-CWE-284
Improper Access Control
CVE-2016-4032
Assigner-MITRE Corporation
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Assigner-MITRE Corporation
CVSS Score-4.6||MEDIUM
EPSS-0.11% / 29.66%
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7 Day CHG~0.00%
Published-13 Apr, 2017 | 16:00
Updated-20 Apr, 2025 | 01:37
Rejected-Not Available
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KEV Added-Not Available
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Samsung SM-G920F build G920FXXU2COH2 (Galaxy S6), SM-N9005 build N9005XXUGBOK6 (Galaxy Note 3), GT-I9192 build I9192XXUBNB1 (Galaxy S4 mini), GT-I9195 build I9195XXUCOL1 (Galaxy S4 mini LTE), and GT-I9505 build I9505XXUHOJ2 (Galaxy S4) devices do not block AT+USBDEBUG and AT+WIFIVALUE, which allows attackers to modify Android settings by leveraging AT access, aka SVE-2016-5301.

Action-Not Available
Vendor-n/aSamsung
Product-galaxy_s6galaxy_s4_firmwaregalaxy_s6_firmwaregalaxy_s4_mini_lte_firmwaregalaxy_note_3galaxy_s4_minigalaxy_s4galaxy_s4_mini_ltegalaxy_s4_mini_firmwaregalaxy_note_3_firmwaren/a
CWE ID-CWE-284
Improper Access Control
CVE-2015-7893
Assigner-MITRE Corporation
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Assigner-MITRE Corporation
CVSS Score-8.8||HIGH
EPSS-13.65% / 93.99%
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7 Day CHG~0.00%
Published-11 Apr, 2017 | 19:00
Updated-20 Apr, 2025 | 01:37
Rejected-Not Available
Known To Be Used In Ransomware Campaigns?-Not Available
KEV Added-Not Available
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SecEmailUI in Samsung Galaxy S6 does not sanitize HTML email content, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript.

Action-Not Available
Vendor-n/aSamsung
Product-galaxy_s6n/a
CWE ID-CWE-20
Improper Input Validation
CVE-2016-7990
Assigner-MITRE Corporation
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Assigner-MITRE Corporation
CVSS Score-9.8||CRITICAL
EPSS-1.77% / 81.92%
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7 Day CHG~0.00%
Published-31 Oct, 2016 | 10:00
Updated-12 Apr, 2025 | 10:46
Rejected-Not Available
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KEV Added-Not Available
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On Samsung Galaxy S4 through S7 devices, an integer overflow condition exists within libomacp.so when parsing OMACP messages (within WAP Push SMS messages) leading to a heap corruption that can result in Denial of Service and potentially remote code execution, a subset of SVE-2016-6542.

Action-Not Available
Vendor-n/aGoogle LLCSamsung
Product-galaxy_s4galaxy_s6galaxy_s7galaxy_s4_minigalaxy_s5androidn/a
CWE ID-CWE-190
Integer Overflow or Wraparound
CVE-2016-7989
Assigner-MITRE Corporation
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Assigner-MITRE Corporation
CVSS Score-7.5||HIGH
EPSS-0.12% / 31.63%
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7 Day CHG~0.00%
Published-31 Oct, 2016 | 10:00
Updated-12 Apr, 2025 | 10:46
Rejected-Not Available
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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.

Action-Not Available
Vendor-n/aGoogle LLCSamsung
Product-galaxy_s4galaxy_s6galaxy_s7galaxy_s4_minigalaxy_s5androidn/a
CVE-2016-7988
Assigner-MITRE Corporation
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Assigner-MITRE Corporation
CVSS Score-7.5||HIGH
EPSS-0.09% / 26.60%
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7 Day CHG~0.00%
Published-31 Oct, 2016 | 10:00
Updated-12 Apr, 2025 | 10:46
Rejected-Not Available
Known To Be Used In Ransomware Campaigns?-Not Available
KEV Added-Not Available
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On Samsung Galaxy S4 through S7 devices, absence of permissions on the BroadcastReceiver responsible for handling the com.[Samsung].android.intent.action.SET_WIFI intent leads to unsolicited configuration messages being handled by wifi-service.jar within the Android Framework, a subset of SVE-2016-6542.

Action-Not Available
Vendor-n/aGoogle LLCSamsung
Product-galaxy_s4galaxy_s6galaxy_s7galaxy_s4_minigalaxy_s5androidn/a
CVE-2016-7991
Assigner-MITRE Corporation
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CVSS Score-7.5||HIGH
EPSS-0.08% / 23.65%
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7 Day CHG~0.00%
Published-31 Oct, 2016 | 10:00
Updated-12 Apr, 2025 | 10:46
Rejected-Not Available
Known To Be Used In Ransomware Campaigns?-Not Available
KEV Added-Not Available
KEV Action Due Date-Not Available

On Samsung Galaxy S4 through S7 devices, the "omacp" app ignores security information embedded in the OMACP messages resulting in remote unsolicited WAP Push SMS messages being accepted, parsed, and handled by the device, leading to unauthorized configuration changes, a subset of SVE-2016-6542.

Action-Not Available
Vendor-n/aGoogle LLCSamsung
Product-galaxy_s4galaxy_s6galaxy_s7galaxy_s4_minigalaxy_s5androidn/a
CVE-2015-7897
Assigner-MITRE Corporation
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CVSS Score-7.5||HIGH
EPSS-4.51% / 88.70%
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7 Day CHG~0.00%
Published-16 Nov, 2015 | 19:00
Updated-12 Apr, 2025 | 10:46
Rejected-Not Available
Known To Be Used In Ransomware Campaigns?-Not Available
KEV Added-Not Available
KEV Action Due Date-Not Available

The media scanning functionality in the face recognition library in android.media.process in Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge before G925VVRU4B0G9 allows remote attackers to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted BMP image file.

Action-Not Available
Vendor-n/aSamsung
Product-galaxy_s6n/a
CWE ID-CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CVE-2015-4641
Assigner-MITRE Corporation
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CVSS Score-6.4||MEDIUM
EPSS-0.90% / 74.74%
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7 Day CHG~0.00%
Published-19 Jun, 2015 | 14:00
Updated-12 Apr, 2025 | 10:46
Rejected-Not Available
Known To Be Used In Ransomware Campaigns?-Not Available
KEV Added-Not Available
KEV Action Due Date-Not Available

Directory traversal vulnerability in the SwiftKey language-pack update implementation on Samsung Galaxy S4, S4 Mini, S5, and S6 devices allows remote web servers to write to arbitrary files, and consequently execute arbitrary code in a privileged context, by leveraging control of the skslm.swiftkey.net domain name and providing a .. (dot dot) in an entry in a ZIP archive, as demonstrated by a traversal to the /data/dalvik-cache directory.

Action-Not Available
Vendor-swiftkeyn/aSamsung
Product-galaxy_s4galaxy_s6galaxy_s4_miniswiftkey_sdkgalaxy_s5n/a
CWE ID-CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE-2015-4640
Assigner-MITRE Corporation
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CVSS Score-2.9||LOW
EPSS-0.20% / 41.93%
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7 Day CHG~0.00%
Published-19 Jun, 2015 | 14:00
Updated-12 Apr, 2025 | 10:46
Rejected-Not Available
Known To Be Used In Ransomware Campaigns?-Not Available
KEV Added-Not Available
KEV Action Due Date-Not Available

The SwiftKey language-pack update implementation on Samsung Galaxy S4, S4 Mini, S5, and S6 devices relies on an HTTP connection to the skslm.swiftkey.net server, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to write to language-pack files by modifying an HTTP response. NOTE: CVE-2015-4640 exploitation can be combined with CVE-2015-4641 exploitation for man-in-the-middle code execution.

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Vendor-swiftkeyn/aSamsung
Product-galaxy_s4galaxy_s6galaxy_s4_miniswiftkey_sdkgalaxy_s5n/a