CVE-2016-11035 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published 7 Apr 2020 Updated 6 Aug 2024

A local user can cause a kernel crash on Samsung mobile devices via the frame buffer interface, resulting in denial of service.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2016-11035?

CVE-2016-11035 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Android, published on 7 Apr 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with software through 2016-05-27 (Exynos AP chipsets). A local graphics user can cause a Kernel Crash via the fb0(DECON) frame buffer interface. The Samsung ID is SVE-2016-7011 (October 2016).

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-11035?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2016-11035?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-11035 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2016-11035 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-11035 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-r8fx-gp4c-84qw.