An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with KK(4.4), L(5.0/5.1), and M(6.0) software. BootReceiver allows attackers to trigger a system crash because of incorrect exception handling. The Samsung ID is SVE-2016-7118 (December 2016).
Severity
CVSS 3.1
7.5 high
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 36% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)