CVE-2016-7989

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-7989
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-10-31 10:59:05 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionOn 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 0.001200000 probability, percentile 0.304540000 (date 2026-05-10)

Problem Types: CWE-254 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary7.8AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Google Android 4.2.2 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.3 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.3.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.4 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.4.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.4.2 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.4.3 All All All
Operating System Google Android 4.4.4 All All All
Operating System Google Android 5.0 All All All
Operating System Google Android 5.0.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 5.0.2 All All All
Operating System Google Android 5.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 5.1.0 All All All
Operating System Google Android 5.1.1 All All All
Operating System Google Android 6.0 All All All
Operating System Google Android 6.0.1 All All All
Hardware Samsung Galaxy S4 - All All All
Hardware Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini - All All All
Hardware Samsung Galaxy S5 - All All All
Hardware Samsung Galaxy S6 - All All All
Hardware Samsung Galaxy S7 - All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Multiple Samsung Galaxy Devices CVE-2016-7989 Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Samsung Mobile Security Blog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.samsungmobile.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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