CVE-2015-8951

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-8951
StatePUBLISHED
Assignergoogle_android
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-10-10 10:59:02 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionMultiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in sound/soc/msm/qdsp6v2/msm-lsm-client.c in the Qualcomm sound driver in Android before 2016-10-05 on Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, and Android One devices allow attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 30142668 and Qualcomm internal bug CR 948902.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 7.8 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.000610000 probability, percentile 0.189250000 (date 2026-05-07)

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary7.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary9.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Google Android All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Android Security Bulletin—October 2016 | Android Open Source Project af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 source.android.com Vendor Advisory
Linux Kernel CVE-2015-8951 Memory Corruption Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
kernel/msm-3.10 - Unnamed repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 source.codeaurora.org Issue Tracking, Patch
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