CVE-2017-5351 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can crash Samsung Note devices by creating an excessive number of active VR service threads, causing a denial of service.
- 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-2017-5351?
CVE-2017-5351 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Jan 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Samsung Note devices with KK(4.4), L(5.0/5.1), and M(6.0) software allow attackers to crash the system by creating an arbitrarily large number of active VR service threads. The Samsung ID is SVE-2016-7650.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-5351?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Samsung Samsung Mobile.
How do I fix CVE-2017-5351?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-5351 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-2017-5351 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5351 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5gf7-6q77-r2pv.