CVE-2009-2656

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Published Aug 3, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the com.android.phone process in Android 1.0, 1.1, and 1.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (network disconnection) via a crafted SMS message, as demonstrated by Collin Mulliner and Charlie Miller at Black Hat USA 2009.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:1.5:::::::*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2009-2650	Unspecified vulnerability in the com.android.phone process in Android 1.0, 1.1, and 1.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (network disconnection) via a crafted SMS message, as demonstrated by Collin Mulliner and Charlie Miller at Black Hat USA 2009.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.983% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/56750
http://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-usa-09/MILLER/BHUSA09-Miller-FuzzingPhone-PAPER.pdf
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35886

History

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Subscriptions

Google Android

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 5:59 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Aug 3, 2009, 6:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 5:59 AM
Reserved: Aug 3, 2009, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 11:09 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Aug 3, 2009, 6:30 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 11:09 PM

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