CVE-2016-6527 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the SmartCall Activity component of the Telecom application on Samsung Note devices running Android 5.0/5.1 (Lollipop) and 6.0 (Marshmallow). An attacker could exploit this by providing a malformed serializable object, leading to device crashes and reboots, or potentially privilege escalation. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability has a local attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no public exploit code available, it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, and there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:samsung:samsung_mobile:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:samsung:samsung_mobile:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:samsung:samsung_mobile:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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