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CVE-2016-9279

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-9279 is a high-severity use-after-free vulnerability in the Samsung Exynos fimg2d driver, affecting Android devices with Exynos 5433, 54xx, or 7420 chipsets. This flaw allows attackers to remotely obtain sensitive information without user interaction. While the CVSS score is 7.5 (High), there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:samsung:exynos_fimg2d_driver:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.04%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0204 is in the 63rd percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-9279Moderate

kernel: Use After Free in /dev/fimg2d

Nov 9, 2016

References

security.samsungmobile.com / smrupdate.html
Vendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/11/09/3
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/11/11/11
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/94283
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry