Denial of Service Vulnerability in Telephony: Local Permanent Denial of Service in Android

Denial of Service Vulnerability in Telephony: Local Permanent Denial of Service in Android

CVE-2016-6763 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

A denial of service vulnerability in Telephony could enable a local malicious application to use a specially crafted file to cause a device hang or reboot. This issue is rated as High due to the possibility of local permanent denial of service. Product: Android. Versions: 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0. Android ID: A-31530456.

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