Year 2038 Problem: Denial of Service Vulnerability in Android Telephony Component

CVE-2016-3831 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

The telephony component in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-08-01 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash) via a NITZ time value of 2038-01-19 or later that is mishandled by the system clock, aka internal bug 29083635, related to a "Year 2038 problem."

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