PT-2016-1010 · Imagination Technologies+1 · Imagination Technologies Driver+1

Published 2016-01-06 · Updated 2016-12-07 · CVE-2015-6638

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 Imagination Technologies driver versions prior to 5.1.1 LMY49F Imagination Technologies driver versions prior to 2016-01-01 in Android 6.0

Description The issue is related to insufficient access control in the Imagination Technologies driver in the Android operating system. It allows a remote attacker to elevate privileges using a specially crafted application.

Recommendations For versions prior to 5.1.1 LMY49F, update to version 5.1.1 LMY49F or later to resolve the issue. For versions prior to 2016-01-01 in Android 6.0, ensure that all updates up to at least 2016-01-01 are applied to mitigate the risk.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-00073

CVE-2015-6638

Affected Products

Android

Imagination Technologies Driver

References · 7

• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-01-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-6638 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6638 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-00073 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6638 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6638 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1034592 · Note