CVE-2016-11038

CRITICAL

Samsung Android - Arbitrary Code Execution or Privilege Escalation via Jack Audio Service Shared Memory

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with software through 2016-04-05 (incorporating the Samsung Professional Audio SDK). The Jack audio service doesn't implement access control for shared memory, leading to arbitrary code execution or privilege escalation. The Samsung ID is SVE-2016-5953 (July 2016).

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0089
EPSS Percentile 54.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (1)
google/android
Published Apr 07, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026