CVE-2016-9278 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Samsung Exynos fimg2d driver affecting Android devices with Exynos 5433, 54xx, or 7420 chipsets. A local attacker can trigger a kernel panic by sending a specially crafted ioctl command. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 5.5 (MEDIUM), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, with the primary impact being high availability loss. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:samsung:exynos_fimg2d_driver:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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