PT-2017-8511

CVE-2016-4546

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Published

2017-02-13

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Updated

2017-02-16

Description by

CVSS 3.1
5.5
Medium
MetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Samsung devices with Android versions 4.4 through 5.1
Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service by crashing the IAndroidShm service. This can be achieved via crafted data in a service call.
Recommendations For Android versions 4.4 through 5.1, consider restricting access to the IAndroidShm service as a temporary workaround until a patch is available.
Exploitability
Fix
Impacts
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
Related identifiers
CVE-2016-4546
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