1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/components/application_manager/src/commands/mobile/on_hmi_status_notification.cc b/src/components/application_manager/src/commands/mobile/on_hmi_status_notification.cc
index 5225002652..a7453686e6 100644
--- a/src/components/application_manager/src/commands/mobile/on_hmi_status_notification.cc
+++ b/src/components/application_manager/src/commands/mobile/on_hmi_status_notification.cc
@@ -57,6 +57,15 @@ void OnHMIStatusNotification::Run() {
     return;
   }
 
+  // If the response has no hmi level, return and don't send the notification
+  if (!(*message_)[strings::msg_params].keyExists(strings::hmi_level)) {
+    // our notification clearly isn't well-formed
+    LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger_, "OnHMIStatusNotification has no hmiLevel field");
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // NOTE c++ maps default-construct on the [] operator, so if there is no
+  // hmiLevel field this will create one that is invalid
   mobile_apis::HMILevel::eType hmi_level =
       static_cast<mobile_apis::HMILevel::eType>(
           (*message_)[strings::msg_params][strings::hmi_level].asInt());