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

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

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Apr 2020
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r8fx-gp4c-84qw

## 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 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-11035?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## 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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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-11035 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: Google Android. 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-2016-11035/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-11035/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-11035
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-11035
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-11035

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