CVE-2015-7897

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-7897
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-11-16 19:59:06 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe media scanning functionality in the face recognition library in android.media.process in Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge before G925VVRU4B0G9 allows remote attackers to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted BMP image file.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Samsung Galaxy S6 - All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Samsung Galaxy S6 Android.media.process Face Recognition Memory Corruption ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com
Project Zero: Hack The Galaxy: Hunting Bugs in the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 googleprojectzero.blogspot.com Vendor Advisory
Samsung Galaxy S6 - android.media.process Face Recognition Memory Corruption - Android dos Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
499 - project-zero - Project Zero - Monorail af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 code.google.com
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