CVE-2009-2999 — The com.android.phone process in Android 1.5 CRBxx allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application restart and network disconnection) via an SMS message containing a malformed WAP Push message that triggers an ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException exception, possibly a related issue to CVE-2009-2656

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The com.android.phone process in Android 1.5 CRBxx allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application restart and network disconnection) via an SMS message containing a malformed WAP Push message that triggers an ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException exception, possibly a related issue to CVE-2009-2656

Published Oct 14, 2009

4.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.50%

Description

The com.android.phone process in Android 1.5 CRBxx allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application restart and network disconnection) via an SMS message containing a malformed WAP Push message that triggers an ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException exception, possibly a related issue to CVE-2009-2656.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.50% 0.01498

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01498

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

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Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.50% (0.01498)	73.29th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.50% (0.01498)	70.80th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.83% (0.00830)	72.91th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.67% (0.00673)	80.49th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.67% (0.00673)	79.19th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.67% (0.00673)	76.68th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 17, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.22th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	64.21th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	40.54th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (5)

http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/frameworks/base.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=46e23fe762d2143d60589ab6d39c4b47c2c754d1
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022986
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-014.html
x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506948/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53655
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/frameworks/base.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=46e23fe762d2143d60589ab6d39c4b47c2c754d1		x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022986		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-014.html		x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506948/100/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53655		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Oct 14, 2009

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Aug 27, 2009

Link CVE-2009-2999

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2009-2999

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2009-2999