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
Published Oct 31, 2016
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.60%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 4.2.2
- 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
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.60% (0.00604) | 46.94th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.60% (0.00604) | 44.00th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.12% (0.00120) | 28.49th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.09% (0.00092) | 41.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 13, 2024 | 0.09% (0.00092) | 39.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.09% (0.00092) | 37.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 26.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 24.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 10.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (2)
- http://security.samsungmobile.com/smrupdate.html#SMR-AUG-2016 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94082 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://security.samsungmobile.com/smrupdate.html#SMR-AUG-2016 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94082 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry |
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