# CVE-2016-9966: Denial of service in n/a

> Attackers can crash the system or potentially gain privileges via improper exception handling in the Samsung Telecom application.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Dec 2016
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5m7m-hfqq-5vv6

## What is CVE-2016-9966?

CVE-2016-9966 is a critical denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Dec 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Lack of appropriate exception handling in some receivers of the Telecom application on Samsung Note devices with L(5.0/5.1), M(6.0), and N(7.0) software allows attackers to crash the system easily resulting in a possible DoS attack, or possibly gain privileges. The Samsung ID is SVE-2016-7120.

Weakness: CWE-388

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9966?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Samsung Samsung Mobile.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-9966?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-9966 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2016-9966 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9966 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2018-9139](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-9139/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-9143](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-9143/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-5538](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5538/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2016-9965](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-9965/): Denial of service in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2016-9967](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-9967/): Denial of service in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-9966 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-9966 is a critical denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Dec 2016. 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-2016-9966 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-2016-9966/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-9966/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9966
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9966
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-9966

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