CVE-2016-7988

High

Description

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductGoogle Android
PublishedOct 31, 2016
First seenOct 31, 2016

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
google android4.2.2, 4.3, 4.3.1, 4.4, 4.4.1, 4.4.2, 4.4.3, 4.4.4, 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.1, 5.1.0, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1—

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