PT-2015-2944 · Google · Android

Published 2015-12-08 · Updated 2019-02-12 · CVE-2015-6617

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions prior to 5.1.1 LMY48Z Android versions prior to 6.0 2015-12-01

Description The issue is caused by a buffer overflow in the Skia component of the Android operating system. Exploitation of this issue may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) using a specially crafted media file.

Recommendations For Android versions prior to 5.1.1 LMY48Z, update to version 5.1.1 LMY48Z or later. For Android versions prior to 6.0 2015-12-01, update to version 6.0 2015-12-01 or later.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-00041

CVE-2015-6617

Affected Products

Android

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6617 · Security Note
• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2015-12-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-00041 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1034592 · Note