CVE-2016-7988

Published Oct 31, 2016 CVSS 3.0 · 7.5 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
On Samsung Galaxy S4 through S7 devices, absence of permissions on the BroadcastReceiver responsible for handling the com.[Samsung].android.intent.action.SET_WIFI intent leads to unsolicited configuration messages being handled by wifi-service.jar within the Android Framework, a subset of SVE-2016-6542.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-8836 On Samsung Galaxy S4 through S7 devices, absence of permissions on the BroadcastReceiver responsible for handling the com.[Samsung].android.intent.action.SET_WIFI intent leads to unsolicited configuration messages being handled by wifi-service.jar within the Android Framework, a subset of SVE-2016-6542.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 2:13 AM
Reserved
Sep 9, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 31, 2016, 10:59 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:53 AM