CVE-2015-7890

Summary

CVECVE-2015-7890
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-02-12 15:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-02-18 21:24:00 UTC
DescriptionMultiple buffer overflows in the esa_write function in /dev/seirenin the Exynos Seiren Audio driver, as used in Samsung S6 Edge, allow local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a large (1) buffer or (2) size parameter.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-120

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge - All All All
Hardware Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge - All All All
Operating System Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Firmware - All All All
Operating System Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Firmware - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Samsung - 'seiren' Kernel Driver Buffer Overflow - Android dos Exploit MISC www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Issue 491 - google-security-research - Samsung seiren kernel driver buffer overflow - Google Security Research - Google Project Hosting MISC code.google.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Samsung Seiren Kernel Driver Buffer Overflow ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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