# CVE-2016-11050: An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with S3(KK), Note2(KK), S4(L), Note3(L), and S5(L) software.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-04-07 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with S3(KK), Note2(KK), S4(L), Note3(L), and S5(L) software. An attacker can rewrite the IMEI by flashing crafted firmware. The Samsung ID is SVE-2016-5562 (March 2016).

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## References

- https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb

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