PT-2015-3291 · Google · Android

Published 2015-12-17 · Updated 2017-08-23 · CVE-2015-8592

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to pointer dereference errors in the Android operating system from the CAF repository. It may allow a remote attacker to cause memory corruption in the Guest-OS. The problem occurs because a pointer is not validated before being dereferenced, potentially resulting in Guest-OS memory corruption.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-01938

CVE-2015-8592

Affected Products

Android

References · 4

• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-07-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-01938 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8592 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/99467 · Note