CVE-2016-7990 Integer overflow in n/a
An integer overflow in Samsung Galaxy devices allows attackers to cause denial of service or potentially execute code via malicious WAP Push SMS messages.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-7990?
CVE-2016-7990 is a critical vulnerability in Google Android, published on 31 Oct 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
On Samsung Galaxy S4 through S7 devices, an integer overflow condition exists within libomacp.so when parsing OMACP messages (within WAP Push SMS messages) leading to a heap corruption that can result in Denial of Service and potentially remote code execution, a subset of SVE-2016-6542.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-7990?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2016-7990?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-7990 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2016-7990 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-7990 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-27m4-qpvr-f79g.