# CVE-2014-8346: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can lock Samsung mobile device screens by sending malicious Find My Mobile network traffic due to lack of source validation.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Oct 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hxvx-xf8x-65pj

## What is CVE-2014-8346?

CVE-2014-8346 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Oct 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Remote Controls feature on Samsung mobile devices does not validate the source of lock-code data received over a network, which makes it easier for remote attackers to cause a denial of service (screen locking with an arbitrary code) by triggering unexpected Find My Mobile network traffic.

Weakness: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-8346?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Samsung Findmymobile, Samsung Mobile.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-8346?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-8346 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2014-8346 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-8346 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-8346 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-8346 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Oct 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-8346 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-8346/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-8346/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8346
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8346
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-8346

---
From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-8346/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.