CVE-2016-4038

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.35% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 28.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2017-02-01 15:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 00:17Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-04-18

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

947ddc95030f9cdedbff7bc41c855b126d7450c4bb4b283bf5320019583524c5

• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160418 CVE request - samsumg android phone msm_sensor_config function write some range kernel address with any valuehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/17/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• security.samsungmobile.comhttp://security.samsungmobile.com/smrupdate.html#SMR-JAN-2016x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160418 Re: CVE request - samsumg android phone msm_sensor_config function write some range kernel address with any valuehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/18/8mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST