# CVE-2016-7991: On Samsung Galaxy S4 through S7 devices, the "omacp" app ignores security information embedded in the OMACP messages resulting in remote uns

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2016-10-31 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

On Samsung Galaxy S4 through S7 devices, the "omacp" app ignores security information embedded in the OMACP messages resulting in remote unsolicited WAP Push SMS messages being accepted, parsed, and handled by the device, leading to unauthorized configuration changes, a subset of SVE-2016-6542.

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94088
- http://security.samsungmobile.com/smrupdate.html#SMR-AUG-2016

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