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CVE-2016-7988

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.60%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-10-31 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2016-7988
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
0.60%
Android

Original Filing — NVD 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.